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$58,533,329

Department of Agriculture·Office of the Chief Financial Officer

to MICROSOFT CORPORATION

agricultureactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2024 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2024-07-17·LATEST ACTION2026-03-10·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_12314424F0350_1205_12314424G0011_1205
Award description

MICROSOFT AZURE STRATUS HSTXXX0000002144 93A34F

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

The latest obligation on USDA's 2024-initiated Microsoft Azure contract, providing cloud computing infrastructure for agricultural systems and federal operations.

Sub-sectors
cloud-infrastructureit-modernizationfarm-programs-support
Why this matters

Reflects USDA's ongoing investment in cloud computing to support core agricultural programs, data management, and rural development initiatives.

U.S.–China competition angle

Domestic cloud infrastructure supports U.S. agricultural competitiveness and data sovereignty amid growing strategic competition with China.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-07. Cost: $0.021944.

Period of performance
Start
2024-07-17
End
2029-07-16
Status
activein 1099 days
Recipient
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
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