Mid-sized cities and counties have been slow to migrate to the cloud, but after this spring’s pandemic push for remote work, more are making it a priority, reports Gov Tech.

Compared to the nation’s largest metro areas, mid-size cities and counties have been slower to adopt cloud. That’s changing now.

The Rubin Observatory will have its data hosted by Google’s cloud, reports Space.com. 

The new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has announced a three-year agreement with Google to host data from astronomy observations in the cloud.

The cost and complexity of quantum computing is driving a trend to use the cloud for quantum research, reports Information Week.

As cloud providers search for new markets, many are turning their attention to quantum computing, a science that's long been touted as the ultimate disruptive technology, but which is currently limited to a handful of select niches, such as academic research, cryptography, and blockchain.