Britain said it would investigate Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware in depth after the U.S. chipmaker offered no immediate undertakings in response to its concerns about the impact of the $61 billion deal on the server market.
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority said earlier this month that Broadcom’s acquisition of the cloud computing and virtualization company could drive up the cost of computer parts and software for servers.
3D printed clouds and figurines in front of the VMware cloud service logo in a photo illustration taken on Feb. 8, 2022. (Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters)
It said on Wednesday that Broadcom had declined to offer any undertakings in the five-day period after it published its concerns, and it would therefore proceed to an in-depth inquiry, which can take up to six months….