Modernizing the skies: NOAA and Google Cloud collaborate to advance weather forecasting

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is embarking on a transformative journey to redefine how we understand and predict patterns in the Earth’s atmosphere that affect the weather we face every day. Today, we are proud to announce that Google Cloud was selected as the primary provider of high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure for the Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System (WCOSS). This program represents a pivotal shift for NOAA as it transitions from a more traditional, on-premises computing agency to cloud-first infrastructure—a major milestone as