HPE secured a 10-year, $931 million Production Other Transaction Authority agreement from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to modernize the agency’s datacenter infrastructure with a distributed hybrid multi-cloud platform. The deployment centers on HPE Private Cloud Enterprise delivered via GreenLake, extending cloud-like agility, automation, and scalability into secure on-premises and air-gapped environments used across global military operations.
The initiative positions DISA to accelerate application deployment, strengthen data-driven and AI-enabled mission workflows, and unify management across public and private clouds through a single control plane. HPE’s platform will support multi-tenancy, virtual private clouds, zero-trust security, and a NIST-compliant sovereign cloud architecture tailored to U.S. defense requirements.
DISA’s modernization will consolidate J9 Hosting and Compute environments into a unified services layer aimed at reducing cost and operational complexity. The production award follows a GreenLake-based prototype completed in 2024.
• HPE awarded a Production OTA valued at $931M over 10 years
• Deployment uses HPE Private Cloud Enterprise via GreenLake
• Supports air-gapped and on-premises management for sovereign cloud needs
• Enables multi-tenant VPCs, zero-trust security, and unified hybrid cloud operations
• Consolidates DISA’s J9 hosting footprint for higher efficiency and lower complexity
“We’ve built GreenLake to deliver a secure, unified cloud experience, and we’re honored that DISA has selected HPE to extend those capabilities to create a sovereign cloud tailored to the agency’s mission-critical needs,” said Fidelma Russo, executive vice president and general manager of hybrid cloud and CTO, HPE.
🌐 Analysis
This agreement reinforces the U.S. government’s accelerated shift toward sovereign hybrid-cloud architectures designed for AI-driven operational tempos and mission-critical application delivery. HPE’s win also adds competitive pressure within the defense cloud market, where Dell, Oracle, and AWS continue to pursue similar modernization contracts tied to zero-trust mandates and secure on-prem deployments. The use of GreenLake underscores how consumption-based models are gaining traction in classified computing environments, particularly as agencies scale AI workloads that require local, high-security infrastructure.
