UK to Examine Broadcom’s $61 Billion VMware Deal in Depth

UK to Examine Broadcom’s $61 Billion VMware Deal in Depth
A smartphone with a displayed Broadcom logo is placed on a computer motherboard in an illustration taken on March 6, 2023. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
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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.