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Pentagon cancels disputed JEDI cloud contract with Microsoft

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The Pentagon said Tuesday it canceled a disputed cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion.
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Tuesday canceled a disputed cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion. Instead, it will pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon and possibly other cloud service providers. “With the shifting technology environment, it has become clear that the JEDI Cloud contract, which has long been delayed, no longer meets the requirements to fill the DoD’s capability gaps,” the Pentagon said in a statement. The statement did not directly mention that the Pentagon faced extended legal challenges by Amazon to the original $1 million contract awarded to Microsoft.

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