UK says Broadcom's $61 billion VMware deal could hurt server competition


FILE PHOTO A smartphone with a displayed Broadcom logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6 2023. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustration

FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with a displayed Broadcom logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's competition regulator said U.S. chipmaker Broadcom's acquisition of VMware could make servers more expensive, and it would refer the $61 billion deal to an in-depth inquiry unless its concerns were addressed.

Broadcom agreed to buy the cloud computing and virtualisation company last year to diversify into enterprise software.

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