Palantir got £186 million more from Britain's defence ministry than its published contracts show. The FT counted £282 million in ten years.

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1. The UK Ministry of Defence's payments to Palantir over the decade to March 2026 exceeded the value of its publicly listed contracts by about £186 million, a Financial Times analysis found, Tech Digest reported. At least one contract was withheld for national security reasons. More than 80% of the money went through contracts awarded without competition. The MoD said all outlays are properly disclosed within the bounds of national security law; Palantir declined to comment.

2. Microsoft is looking to raise at least $25 billion in a US bond sale, Bloomberg reported. A day earlier it disclosed $45.2 billion of data centre and equipment spending in the September quarter. Its chief financial officer, Amy Hood, told analysts: "We still have demand that exceeds supply."

3. SAP plans to add AI Core, Joule and Datasphere to its sovereign cloud, run under local control and local law, first in the UK, Australia and Canada, Computerwoche reported from SAP TechEd. Its German-speaking user group, DSAG, asked for a clear timeline for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The FT could not say how much of the £186 million gap sits in classified contracts. Would you rather the ministry publish one total for its classified Palantir work, or keep it off the published contract list?

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