The ICGC has joined forces with commercial and academic compute cloud partners to remove many of the barriers that prevent researchers from using the ICGC's vast genomic database. The large size of the ICGC datasets means that they can take months to download and analysing them requires computing power that many research groups do not have. These partnerships will allow scientists to access and analyze ICGC datasets through multiple cloud computing platforms, enhancing collaboration and accelerating the development of new tools and treatments for cancer patients.

The Data Coordination Center has developed a unified interface for searching and accessing data across all supported clouds. Authorized users can now access the ICGC BAM, VCF and other types of files through the Repository search tool on the Portal and retrieve manifest files that allow for bulk file downloads from the cloud repositories. User authentication and authorization is achieved through the standard ICGC DACO controlled access mechanism ensuring safe access to these datasets.

ICCG Compute Cloud Partners