Judge temporarily halts $10 billion Microsoft cloud contract with Pentagon

The motion was granted as part of a suit Amazon brought protesting the Defense Department's selection process for the contract.

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A judge ordered a temporay halt on Microsoft's work on a $10 billion contract with the U.S. Department of Defense.
Amazon filed a motion asking the court for the order in January.
Amazon is pursuing a lawsuit alleging bias in the government's selection process for the contract.


A federal judge granted a motion from Amazon to halt Microsoft's work on a $10 billion contract cloud contract with the Department of Defense. Amazon originally filed the motion in January as part of a suit alleging bias in the selection process for the contract. Amazon was among the companies competing to win the contract.

The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract was awarded to Microsoft last October. Amazon lated alleged bias on the part of President Donald Trump against Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos resulted in an unfair process. The Departme...