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NOAA selects Google Cloud for supercomputing in weather forecasting

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has selected Google Cloud as its primary partner for its Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System (WCOSS). This move signifies one of the world's first operational numerical weather prediction centers to transition entirely to cloud-first infrastructure. NOAA will utilize Google Cloud's H4D Virtual Machines, powered by AMD EPYC processors, for high-performance computing to process vast amounts of atmospheric data for weather simulations. This partnership expands on NOAA's existing use of Google Workspace and its previous collaboration with Google DeepMind on hurricane prediction models, with future explorations into AI tools like Gemini for Government. AI

IMPACT This partnership could accelerate the development and deployment of AI-driven weather forecasting models, improving prediction accuracy and response times for extreme weather events.

RANK_REASON Partnership between a major government agency and a cloud provider for critical infrastructure. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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NOAA selects Google Cloud for supercomputing in weather forecasting

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    NOAA chooses Google Cloud to power the future of weather forecasting https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://chromeun boxed.com/noaa-chooses-google-cloud-to-power-the-fu

    NOAA chooses Google Cloud to power the future of weather forecasting https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://chromeun boxed.com/noaa-chooses-google-cloud-to-power-the-future-of-weather-forecasting/

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