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Microsoft walked away from a $3 billion deal to lease Oracle cloud capacity over security concerns

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images Microsoft was recently in talks with Oracle about leasing the company's cloud infrastructure, but the deal fell through due to security and compliance concerns, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images Microsoft was recently in talks with Oracle about leasing the company's cloud infrastructure, but the deal fell through due to security and compliance concerns, according to people familiar with the matter.

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