Pentagon Cancels $10 Billion ‘JEDI’ Contract with Microsoft Azure

📅 July 8, 2021 - The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has withdrawn from their $10 billion JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure) Cloud contract, which named Microsoft Azure as the provider of cloud services for the Pentagon.

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