AWS Public Sector Blog
Tag: open data
What if swapping your weather model was boring? How dynamical.org is making AI weather forecasting accessible on AWS
In this post, Marshall Moutenot shares how dynamical.org is making weather data products, including AI weather forecasts, accessible on AWS.
24 new or updated datasets available on the Registry of Open Data on AWS
Learn how the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Open Data Sponsorship Program makes high-value, cloud-optimized datasets publicly available on AWS.
Federated learning for biobank data at the CMU-NVIDIA Hackathon
In this blog post, we will share how at the January 2026 Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)–NVIDIA Federated Learning Hackathon for Biomedical Applications, ten teams built end‑to‑end prototypes on NVIDIA FLARE (NVIDIA Federated Learning Application Runtime Environment), with data prepared for modeling on Amazon Web Services (AWS), to test how FL could support real‑world biobank collaboration at scale.
Building realistic Minecraft worlds with Open Data on AWS: How Arnis uses elevation datasets at scale
Arnis, an open source tool, transforms real-world locations into playable Minecraft worlds by processing geospatial data hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). By migrating to Terrain Tiles—a global elevation dataset on the Registry of Open Data on AWS—Arnis eliminated data retrieval costs while serving nearly 300,000 users. To make terrain believable at a global scale, […]
32 new or updated datasets available on the Registry of Open Data on AWS
The AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program makes high-value, cloud-optimized datasets publicly available on Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS works with data providers to democratize access to data by making it available to the public for analysis on AWS; develop new cloud-based techniques, formats, and tools that lower the cost of working with data; and encourage the development of communities that benefit from access to shared datasets. Through the AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program, customers are making over 300 PB of high-value, cloud-optimized data available for public use.
Bridging AI and biology: Inside the AWS and NVIDIA Open Data knowledge graph hackathon
Knowledge graphs (KGs) and large language models (LLMs) are transforming biomedical research, but ensuring artificial intelligence (AI) outputs are trustworthy and evidence-based remains challenging. At the recent AWS and NVIDIA Open Data knowledge graph hackathon, teams of researchers tackled this challenge by developing innovative solutions that combine knowledge graphs with graph-based retrieval-augmented generation (GraphRAG). Read this post to learn more.
82 new or updated datasets available on the Registry of Open Data on AWS
The AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program makes high-value, cloud-optimized datasets publicly available on AWS. AWS works with data providers to democratize access to data by making it available to the public for analysis on AWS; develop new cloud-based techniques, formats, and tools that lower the cost of working with data; and encourage the development of communities that benefit from access to shared datasets. Through the AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program, customers are making over 300 PB of high-value, cloud-optimized data available for public use.
Unlocking the brain’s secrets: E11 Bio’s brain circuit mapping dataset now on AWS Open Data
Today, we are excited to announce the release of E11 Bio’s brain tissue dataset on AWS as part of the Registry of Open Data on AWS (E11bio PRISM). Read this post to learn more.
Interactive access and visualization of geospatial data from the AWS Open Data Program
Open data is reshaping how we understand and respond to global challenges. From climate change to disaster recovery, the ability to access and analyze large-scale geospatial datasets is critical for scientific research, policy-making, and real-world applications. Leading the charge are several open data initiatives designed to lower access barriers and accelerate innovation: Open Data on AWS, the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative (ASDI), and the Maxar Open Data Program on AWS. Together, these programs demonstrate the power of cloud-enabled open data to democratize access to geospatial information, promote global collaboration, and drive real-world impact. In this post, we demonstrate how to explore and visualize these datasets using interactive web applications and Jupyter notebooks.
How to use life sciences data from AWS Open Data program in Amazon Bedrock
In this post, we discuss how to use datasets in the Registry of Open Data on AWS with Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases. With Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, you can give foundation models (FMs) and agents contextual information from private and public data sources to deliver more relevant, accurate, and customized responses.









