JEDI cloud contract: US court refuses to dismiss Amazon’s ‘political interference’ allegations The long-running JEDI cloud contract row rumbles on as US Court of Federal Claims refuses to dismiss Amazon’s allegations that the Trump administration interfered with contract’s outcome Share this item with your network: By Published: 29 Apr 2021 9:15 The US Court of Federal Claims’ decision not to dismiss allegations that presidential interference played a role in Amazon Web Services (AWS) losing a $10bn government cloud contract “changes little”, Microsoft claims. The two cloud giants have been at loggerheads and embroiled in a legal battle since the US Department of Defense (DoD) confirmed in October 2019 that it had appointed Microsoft to deliver its decade-long, $10bn public cloud-focused Joint Enterprise Defence Infrastructure (JEDI) contract.