The Nimbus deal with Israeli army is something where Azure reportedly lost in the competition with GCP and AWS. Because they didn't appear to the contractual clauses demanded by Israel.

The Guardian reports how these providers even agreed to a secret "wink" to let the Israeli army know if a court order caused their data to be compromised. This was to be done via a specific payment amount that also would reveal which country's court had subpoenad the data.

#Microsoft #NoAzureForApartheid

Here's the story of what Google #GCP and Amazon #AWS agreed to do with #Israel, all for the sake of gaining cloud revenue:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/google-amazon-israel-contract-secret-code?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders

The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents show

The Guardian