Palantir Wins Controversial £480 Million NHS Data Contract (1)

Palantir Technologies Inc., the data analysis company co-founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, has won a contract to overhaul the National Health Service’s patient data system in the UK.

Palantir bid together with Accenture Plc. for the deal, valued at as much as £480 million ($602 million), said Victoria Atkins, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in a statement on Tuesday.

The deal will see Palantir and Accenture develop a federated data platform for NHS England that will help hospitals across the country analyze medical data, detect patterns and allocate resources. The five-year ...