Washington (CNN)The Department of Defense is canceling a controversial $10 billion cloud computing contract that had been awarded to Microsoft  (MSFT

Pentagon cancels $10 billion cloud contract given to Microsoft over Amazon

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Washington (CNN)The Department of Defense is canceling a controversial $10 billion cloud computing contract that had been awarded to Microsoft (MSFT ) over Amazon (AMZN ) under the Trump administration.

Washington (CNN)The Department of Defense is canceling a controversial $10 billion cloud computing contract that had been awarded to Microsoft (MSFT ) over Amazon (AMZN ) under the Trump administration. The department announced Tuesday that it is canceling the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract that was previously awarded to Microsoft. It will instead seek new solicitations for an updated Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract from Amazon and Microsoft.The JEDI contract would have resulted in Microsoft building a cloud storage system for sensitive military data and technology, such as artificial intelligence, for the Department of Defense and could have resulted in revenue of up to $10 billion over 10 ye

Washington (CNN)The Department of Defense is canceling a controversial $10 billion cloud computing contract that had been awarded to Microsoft (MSFT ) over Amazon (AMZN ) under the Trump administration.

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