FY2025 obligations by the NAICS code on the award
48% of the $962.0M obligated under DB10 in FY2025 went to awards coded NAICS 518210.
- 511210 Software Publishersretired 2022, now 513210$35.0M
FY2025 federal contract obligations, USAspending.gov
PSC DB10 covers computing delivered as a service in a public or private cloud: traditional mainframe operations and Windows, Linux, converged infrastructure, and UNIX server environments provided under a service contract. High performance computing is excluded and routes to DB01 for labor or 7B20 for products. FY2025 obligations were $962 million.
The cloud code finally wins one
Across every code in this reference set, 518210, Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services, is the NAICS most people expect to see at the top of cloud spending, and it almost never is. DB10 is the exception. Computing Infrastructure Providers and Data Processing (518210) took $459 million, ahead of Other Computer Related Services (541519) at $289 million, Computer Systems Design Services (541512) at $89 million, Computer Facilities Management Services (541513) at $40 million, and software publishers 511210 at $35 million.
PSC and NAICS in one line
The PSC is the buyer's classification of the purchase and the NAICS code is the buyer's classification of the industry; a cloud purchase does not guarantee a cloud NAICS code.
If you are a hyperscaler partner or a managed hosting provider, DB10 and DC10 are the two codes to watch. If you sell HPC, use DB01 and 7B20 instead, because the manual keeps HPC out of both.
PSC DB10 FAQ
What does PSC DB10 cover?
Compute delivered as a service in public or private cloud environments, covering mainframe operations and Windows, Linux, converged infrastructure, and UNIX server environments provided under service contracts.
What NAICS codes win DB10 work?
Computing Infrastructure Providers and Data Processing (518210) led FY2025 at $459 million, the only code in this set where the cloud infrastructure code ranks first. Other Computer Related Services (541519) followed at $289 million.
Does DB10 include high performance computing?
No. The manual excludes HPC support from DB10. HPC labor is DB01 and HPC hardware and perpetual software is 7B20.
How does DB10 differ from DC10?
DB10 is the compute capability itself. DC10 is data center as a service, meaning the facility: colocation, offsite data center resources, and managed service provider data centers.