Is Merger Enforcement Keeping Up with the Cloud?

U.S. merger enforcement has taken a back seat in the cloud market, which has grown largely through acquisition and is now relatively mature. When merger enforcement in cloud does take shape, however, it could serve both to head off harmful consolidation and support non-competition cloud policy objectives such as the stability of cloud infrastructure and managing the demands of generative AI models. This article asks whether merger control is keeping up with the cloud. The first part begins by as