CloudBank is a service-based platform that facilitates access to commercial cloud resources through a flexible, multi-cloud infrastructure. It currently provides access to the following commercial cloud platforms Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. CloudBank support and training resources are available to assist researchers at all experience levels, from those new to commercial cloud services to experienced users developing or piloting advanced workflows.
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External Storage
All CloudBank service providers offer their own set of external and external storage. View the CloudBank Catalog for more information.
Jobs
CloudBank does not have job queues in the traditional sense, instead it provides users with free credits they can use on any of the following cloud resources.
Amazon Web Services:
AWS enables researchers to analyze massive data pipelines, store petabytes of data, and advance research with transformative technologies collaboratively and securely. Researchers can access HPC and AI/ML optimized compute across over 900 generally available instances with Amazon EC2, high performance storage services designed for AI/ML and simulation, end to end model training and deployment with Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio, quantum computers and circuit simulators with Amazon Braket, and foundation models from leading AI companies to build and scale generative AI applications and agents with Amazon Bedrock
Google Cloud:
Cloud is uniquely positioned to empower researchers tackling complex, data-intensive projects. Its full-stack AI infrastructure, including advanced Gemini models, is optimized for performance, offering elastic compute resources like GPUs and TPUs. Researchers benefit from BigQuery for fast, serverless analytics, Cloud Storage for scalable object storage, and Vertex AI for building and deploying machine learning models. This comprehensive environment, further supported by Cloud Functions for event-driven computing and Google Quantum AI for cutting-edge research, is purpose-built to accelerate scientific discovery.
IBM Cloud:
IBM Cloud emphasizes hybrid cloud solutions and quantum computing, appealing to researchers in fields like cryptography, materials science, and complex systems modeling. It offers IBM Cloud Object Storage for reliable data archiving, IBM Watson Studio for collaborative data science workflows, IBM Cloud Functions for serverless task execution, Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud for managing containerized applications, and IBM Quantum for open access to quantum systems and tools for algorithm development.
Microsoft Azure:
Microsoft Azure delivers a versatile cloud platform with strengths in data management, scalable computing, integrated analytics, and AI for science offerings. For data storage, researchers can use Blob Storage and Data Lake for secure, scalable storage of large datasets. Integrated analytics offerings include Synapse or Stream Analytics, Databricks, and Data Lake Analytics for big-data workloads. AI offerings include the AI Foundry model catalog, OpenAI Service, and AI Search for intelligent retrieval. Researchers can also benefit from agentic AI for Science offerings including multi-agent orchestration via AI Foundry, libraries like AutoGen for complex R&D workflows, and the Microsoft Discovery platform for scientific workflow automation for literature mining, hypothesis generation, and simulation. Together, these offerings accelerate research with secure, scalable, and AI-driven solutions.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (estimated 2026):
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) for Research Computing provides high-performance, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions tailored to the needs of academic, scientific, and industrial research. OCI supports compute-intensive workloads with powerful bare metal and GPU instances, high-throughput networking, and flexible storage options, making it ideal for simulations, data analysis, AI/ML training, and genomics. Researchers benefit from secure, compliant infrastructure, open standards, and integration with popular open-source tools.