ReleaseBytes
gcp Google Cloud Blog ·

NOAA Selects Google Cloud for Supercomputing Infrastructure

bloggcpengineergovernment
announcement feature

NOAA has chosen Google Cloud as its primary provider for the Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System (WCOSS), marking a significant shift to a cloud-first infrastructure. This collaboration aims to enhance weather and climate modeling by leveraging Google Cloud's High-Performance Computing (HPC) capabilities, specifically H4D VMs, to improve the speed, scale, and reliability of weather predictions. This move enables NOAA meteorologists and researchers to adapt future modeling innovations more effectively and positions the United States to lead in global weather modeling.

  • →H4D VMs power NOAA's weather forecasting backbone
  • →Exploring agentic AI applications with Gemini for Government
  • →NOAA selects Google Cloud for WCOSS HPC infrastructure
  • →Cloud HPC offers streamlined and flexible environment for NOAA workforce
  • →Long-term collaboration between NOAA and Google Cloud continues
Features (2) ›
  • H4D VMs power NOAA's weather forecasting backbone

    Google Cloud H4D VMs, featuring AMD EPYC processors, will serve as the primary computing backbone for NOAA on Google Cloud. These VMs are designed for demanding, compute-intensive workloads like numerical weather prediction, offering the necessary compute power and low-latency networking for massive simulations.

  • Exploring agentic AI applications with Gemini for Government

    Building on previous pilot projects, NOAA Fisheries is exploring agentic AI applications powered by Gemini for Government. This initiative aims to leverage advanced AI capabilities to further enhance weather prediction and related scientific endeavors.

Enhancements (1) ›
  • Cloud HPC offers streamlined and flexible environment for NOAA workforce

    The transition to cloud HPC provides NOAA meteorologists and researchers with a more streamlined and flexible environment. This allows them to adapt future modeling innovations more quickly and efficiently.

Notes (2) ›
  • NOAA selects Google Cloud for WCOSS HPC infrastructure

    NOAA is moving its Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System (WCOSS) to Google Cloud, becoming one of the first operational Numerical Weather Prediction centers globally to adopt public cloud infrastructure. This modernization aims to improve scale, speed, and reliability in weather modeling.

  • Long-term collaboration between NOAA and Google Cloud continues

    This partnership builds on a history of collaboration, including efforts to share environmental data, track wildfires, and advance marine conservation. NOAA's earlier adoption of Google Workspace in 2011 and pilot projects in cloud compute and AI have paved the way for this large-scale HPC initiative.

Read the original announcement →

https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/modernizing-the-skies-noaa-google-cloud-collaborate-advance-weather-forecasting/

Related releases