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AWS is one of four firms on the Pentagon's Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract, which has a shared $9 billion ceiling.$9B

Dec 2022 to 2028U.S. Department of DefenseShared ceiling with Google, Microsoft and Oracle; task orders competed.

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USAspending.gov award record HQ003423D0019: AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC. — USAspending.gov award record HQ003423D0019: AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.DocumentUSAspending.gov award summaryAward ID (PIID): HQ003423D0019 | Award type: INDEFINITE DELIVERY / INDEFINITE QUANTITY | Recipient: AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC. | Awarding agency: Department of Defense / Washington Headquarters Services | Description: JOINT WARFIGHTING CLOUD CAPABILITY (JWCC) | Date signed: 2022-12-07 | Base and all options value: $9,000,000,000.00
Nextgov — Pentagon Awards $9B Cloud Contract to Amazon, Google, Microsoft, OracleThrough the contract, which has a $9 billion ceiling, the Pentagon aims to bring enterprisewide cloud computing capabilities to the Defense Department across all domains and classification levels, with the four companies competing for individual task orders.

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) investment in Israel ($7.2B)$7.2B

announced Aug 2023; planned investment through 2037IsraelAWS announced in August 2023 that it plans to invest about $7.2B (ILS 26.6B) in Israel through 2037 via its new cloud region.

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AWS announces launch of AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region — AWS announces launch of AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) RegionDocumentAWS ... is planning to invest an estimated $7.2 billion (approximately ILS 26.6 billion) in Israel through 2037 via the new AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region.

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) contractor for Project Nimbus ($1.2B)$1.2B

2021; joint contract with Google Cloud, total about $1.2bn (ILS 4bn)Project NimbusProject Nimbus is an Israeli government cloud-services framework led by the Government Procurement Administration; in April 2021 AWS and Google Cloud were selected as the winners, with Microsoft and Oracle losing. The project was reported at about NIS 4 billion (~$1.2 billion) in total for both providers, with an initial 7-year term extendable to 23 years; Amazon's release says Israel selected AWS as primary cloud provider and AWS committed to open a Tel Aviv region.

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AWS to Open Data Centers in Israel — AWS to Open Data Centers in IsraelDocumentThe government of Israel announced that it has selected AWS as its primary cloud provider as part of the 'Nimbus' contract for government ministries and subsidiaries.
UN Special Rapporteur (A/HRC/59/23) — UN Special Rapporteur (A/HRC/59/23)DocumentIsrael awarded Alphabet Inc (Google) and Amazon.com Inc. a $1.2 billion contract (Project Nimbus) ... Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon grant Israel virtually government-wide access to their cloud and AI technologies.
DatacenterDynamics — DatacenterDynamics (via data.json)Google, AWS win $1.2 billion Israel Nimbus tender for cloud services (headline)

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides server farm to Israel Defense Forces (IDF)

2024-08Israel Defense Forces (IDF)+972 and Local Call reported that AWS supplies Israel's Military Intelligence Directorate with a server farm for intelligence storage.

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+972 Magazine — +972 Magazine / Local Callthe cloud giant provides Israel's Military Intelligence Directorate with a server farm which is used to store masses of intelligence information ... The [Amazon] cloud is the endless storage [space]