{"id":365940,"date":"2026-06-24T15:48:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=365940"},"modified":"2026-06-24T15:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:18:46","slug":"project-nimbus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/project-nimbus\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Nimbus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>\u00a0Google CEO Sundar Pichai\u2019s Stanford speech was disrupted by students protesting Project Nimbus and its alleged link to Palestinian civilians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Project Nimbus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_365946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-365946\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-365946\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-OECD.jpg?resize=300%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Project Nimbus\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-OECD.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-OECD.jpg?resize=1024%2C568&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-OECD.jpg?resize=768%2C426&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-OECD.jpg?w=1537&amp;ssl=1 1537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-365946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; OECD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"275\"><strong>Project Nimbus<\/strong> is a <strong>high-security cloud computing contract<\/strong> between the <strong>Israeli government, Google, and Amazon.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"275\"><strong>Executed By:<\/strong> It is <strong>jointly <\/strong>executed by<strong> Google Cloud Platform <\/strong>and<strong> Amazon Web Services (AWS).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"275\"><strong>Objective<\/strong>: The project <strong>aims <\/strong>to<strong> digitize and modernize Israel\u2019s public sector infrastructure<\/strong> by shifting government data, processing systems, and applications to commercial cloud platforms.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"275\"><strong>Key Features<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"275\"><strong>Duration<\/strong>: The contract was planned for an <strong>initial seven-year period,<\/strong> with a possible <strong>extension of up to 23 years.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"599\" data-end=\"741\"><strong data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"635\">Cloud Services for Government:<\/strong> The agreement <strong>provides cloud services to Israeli<\/strong> ministries, authorities, and government-owned companies.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"884\"><strong data-start=\"744\" data-end=\"776\">Advanced Technology Support:<\/strong> The project <strong>offers data storage, high-compute machine learning tools, and Artificial Intelligence services.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1037\" data-end=\"1161\"><strong data-start=\"1039\" data-end=\"1066\"><strong data-start=\"1039\" data-end=\"1066\">Primary Cloud Provider: <\/strong>AWS (Amazon Web Services)was selected as the primary cloud provider<\/strong> for government ministries and related entities.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"275\"><strong>Usage Assurance:<\/strong> Reports cited leaked documents claiming that <strong>Israel required Google and Amazon not to restrict how government units used cloud services.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"275\"><strong>Major Concern \u2013 Surveillance Risk:<\/strong> Opponents of Project Nimbus argue that <strong>cloud service technology could increase the surveillance of Palestinians and support the expansion of Israeli settlements<\/strong> on Palestinian land.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0Google CEO Sundar Pichai\u2019s Stanford speech was disrupted by students protesting Project Nimbus and its alleged link to Palestinian civilians. About Project Nimbus Project Nimbus is a high-security cloud computing contract between the Israeli government, Google, and Amazon. Executed By: It is jointly executed by Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Objective: The&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/project-nimbus\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Project Nimbus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,1738,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-365940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}