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NATO Taps Google Cloud for Air-Gapped Sovereign Cloud to Support JATEC

The non-exclusive contract supports NATO’s multi-vendor plan to upgrade classified systems with AI capabilities.

Overview

  • NATO’s Communication and Information Agency signed a multi-million, multi-year deal to deploy Google Distributed Cloud in an air-gapped setup for the Joint Analysis, Training and Education Centre.
  • The platform will handle classified workloads and run AI and analytics in a fully disconnected environment with strict data residency and operational control.
  • Integration is scheduled to begin in the coming months, and the parties have not disclosed the contract’s exact value.
  • The arrangement is part of a broader sovereign-cloud effort that also includes AWS, Oracle projects on cloud migration and secure 5G research, and Microsoft collaborations on compliance validation.
  • The award follows Google’s reported £400 million UK MoD GDC contract and supports JATEC’s NATOUkraine mission based in Bydgoszcz, Poland.