NASA climate data copied to Swiss supercomputer for AI training amid US funding cuts

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Researchers at ETH Zurich have copied approximately 100 petabytes of NASA's publicly-available climate and environmental data to the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano for AI model training and long-term preservation. The move comes amid concerns over US funding cuts that could threaten access to critical climate datasets. This transfer ensures continued global availability of NASA's environmental data for AI research and climate science applications.

• •ETH Zurich copied ~100 petabytes of NASA climate data to Swiss supercomputer CSCS
• •Data will be used for AI model training and safekeeping amid US funding cuts
• •Ensures continued global access to critical environmental datasets

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