Microsoft, Amazon results to highlight softening cloud business


Attendees walk through an expo hall at AWS reInvent 2022 a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services AWS in Las Vegas Nevada U.S. November 30 2022. Noah BergerAWSHandout via REUTERS

Attendees walk through an expo hall at AWS re:Invent 2022, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., November 30, 2022. Noah Berger/AWS/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Slower cloud spending by inflation-hit businesses is expected to stall the sales momentum at Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp and add to the troubles of the sector that laid off thousands this month.

After years of blistering growth, most recently fuelled by remote working and studying during the pandemic, cloud demand has cooled in the past nine months and sales growth may slow further, analysts said.

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