Google Drops Out of Pentagon’s $10 Billion Cloud Competition (1)

Alphabet Inc.’s Google has decided not to compete for the Pentagon’s cloud-computing contract valued at as much as $10 billion, saying the project may conflict with its corporate values.

The project, known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud, or JEDI, involves transitioning massive amounts of Defense Department data to a commercially operated cloud system. Companies are due to submit bids for the contract, which could last as long as 10 years, on Oct. 12th.

Google’s announcement on Oct. 8 came just months after the company decided not to renew its contract with a Pentagon artificial intelligence program, after extensive ...