Microsoft suspends $ 10 billion cloud computing contract with U.S. Department of Defense after Amazon sues

According to foreign media reports, after a lawsuit against Amazon, a US federal judge Thursday ordered Microsoft to temporarily ban a $ 10 billion cloud-computing deal with the US Department of Defense. Gave.

Colonel Robert Carver, a spokesman for the US Department of Defense, said in a statement that the US Department of Defense was disappointed with the decision, which delayed the changes. But he said the US Department of Defense is confident of its decision to select Microsoft. Microsoft expressed similar disappointment in a statement on Thursday local time, but the company said it believes it will eventually be allowed to move forward with the project.

In late October last year, Microsoft received a $ 10 billion cloud-computing contract from the US Department of Defense. But in November, just weeks after the deal was handed over to Microsoft, Amazon filed a lawsuit.

Microsoft signed a contract with the US Department of Defense

Unless Microsoft signed a contract with the US Department of Defense, Amazon was most impressed at winning the US Department of Defense’s “Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure” (JEDI) deal, but eventually lost to Microsoft.

This agreement against cloud computing leader Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a huge win for Microsoft. Earlier, the US Department of Defense investigated and concluded allegations of conflict of interest with Amazon but ultimately determined that Microsoft was more qualified to receive the deal, emphasizing that it had concluded. Are fair.

But Amazon Cloud Services, the Amazon cloud computing division, has a different opinion. He said in a statement that he has unique experience and is capable of delivering the key technology the US military needs. In mid-January this year, a court document reveals that Amazon will ask the court to temporarily halt Microsoft’s $ 10 billion cloud computing deal with the US Department of Defense.

The document shows that Amazon intends to apply for a temporary restraining order on January 24, and then the US Department of Defense and Amazon will have a little more than a week to respond when the US Federal Court The verdict is set for February 11. Foreign media reported that a US judge has approved a ban on Microsoft from implementing a $ 10 billion cloud-computing deal with the US Department of Defense.

Impressed by this news, Microsoft’s stock price dropped. By the end of the local time on Thursday, the company’s stock fell 0.54% to close at $ 183.71. On Tuesday, at the local time, the stock price of the company. Reached a record level of 190.70.