Cloud service providers ask EU regulator to reinstate VMware partner program

CISPE says Broadcom signaled in January 2026 that it would terminate the VMware Cloud Service Provider program in Europe, a move that removed all but a tiny minority of hand-selected partners and excluded most European CSPs from selling VMware products. The group accused Broadcom of “ongoing abuse,” citing sharp price hikes—up to tenfold, with some customers reporting as much as 900 percent increases—along with product bundling and commitment requirements based on projected rather than actual use, The Register reported.

“After imposing outrageous and unjustified price hikes immediately following the acquisition of VMware, Broadcom is now applying the ‘coup de grâce.’ We need urgent intervention to force them to change,” CISPE Secretary General Francisco Mingorance said, according to the publication.

Broadcom responded that it “strongly disagrees with the allegations by CISPE, an organization funded by hyperscalers, which misrepresent the realities of the market.

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