AWS pulls out of planned data center campus next to Maryland nuclear plant
Company withdraws plans for Calvert Technology Center
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AWS launches Secret Cloud for Industry
Gives US defense contractors secure access to cloud
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AWS and Anduril partner on Edge cloud offering for national security and defense
Anduril introduces Menace-I with AWS Outposts
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Homeland Security signs $2.6bn contract with AWS
Will run up to five years
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Iowa state plans cloud migration, claims will save $525m over next decade
Will partner with AWS and Cognizant on migration
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Finland's Ministry of Justice delays plans for cloud migration
Election platform will now be deployed in the cloud after next year's general election
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AWS wins UK's HMRC data center services contract after Fujitsu exit
AWS will help the department to exit three Fujitsu data centers in the UK
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Israel and US bomb data centers in Tehran, following Iran's drone strikes on AWS
As data centers increasingly become targets in war
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Indian gov't tech department to deploy AWS Outposts for hybrid cloud infrastructure
Works with AWS and Yotta Data Services on project
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AWS wins $580m contract from US Air Force
Part of Air Force's Cloud One Program
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NASA migrates Earth Science data archives to the cloud
Migration expected to continue through to end of 2026
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Amazon shareholders call for report on AWS use in Gaza and by US ICE
Shareholders want to see how it "aligns" with AWS' Responsible AI Approach
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Trump admin plans 'US Tech Force,' a 1,000-strong workforce to accelerate AI deployment
Program gets backing from Big Tech
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AWS to spend $50bn expanding AI and HPC capacity for US government
Will see nearly 1.3GW of capacity added across Top Secret, Secret, and US GovCloud regions
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AWS set to win UK's HMRC £500m data center exit contract - report
Company is last one standing in the race
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AWS launches second "Secret Region" for classified workloads in the US
Secret Regions use data centers and network architecture in compliance Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) requirements
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Victorian government joins Aussie Whole-of-Government Agreement with AWS
Following AWS' $13bn commitment to invest in Australia
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AWS signs deal with US gov't to provide up to $1bn in cloud discounts
Agreement falls under OneGov framework
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AWS to launch second "secret" cloud region for federal customers in the US
The "secret" is out
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Aussie Digital Transformation Agency signs three-year deal with AWS
Builds on 2019 agreement
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Amazon layoffs in Canada sees gov't threaten to "review" relationship with company
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry requests CEO Andy Jassy "reconsider"
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UK Crown Commercial Service increased cloud hosting deal with AWS by 89% mid-contract
Questions raised about why the department didn't re-tender
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Amazon considers billion-dollar investment in Anthropic
Also teams up with Anthropic and Palantir to provide AI to US Defense Agencies
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US Department of Defense awards AWS $7.2m contract for virtual private cloud pilot
Cloud giant to create a "zero trust pilot" virtual private cloud for defense agency
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AWS wins $1.4m cloud contract with UK Health and Care institute
Awarded via G-Cloud 13 Framework Agreement
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White House to launch Task Force on AI Datacenter Infrastructure, speed up data center permitting
As AWS, CoreWeave, QTS and others head to the White House to promote AI build out
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CIA looks to cloud computing for access to AI
Agency working with cloud providers for its push with AI
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FDA seeks high-speed direct connections from its data centers to cloud regions
Seeks to connect the FDA's Ashburn data center and White Oak data center to the cloud