Google Drops Out of Pentagon's $10 Billion Cloud Competition
- Company says cloud deal may clash with its values on AI
- Google also criticizes plan to pick a single winner among bids
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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.