Open Commons Consortium


The Open Commons Consortium is a 501 non-profit venture which provides cloud computing and data commons resources to support "scientific, environmental, medical and health care research." OCC manages and operates resources including the Open Science Data Cloud, which is a multi-petabyte scientific data sharing resource. The consortium is based in Chicago, Illinois, and is managed by the 5013 Center for Computational Science Research.

Partnerships and engagements

The OCC was among six partners engaged by the Global Lambda Integrated Facility to establish a testbed for a 100 Gbit/s data transmission capability.
The OCC is divided into Working Groups which include:
In 2015, the OCC was accepted into the Matter healthcare community at Chicago's historic Merchandise Mart. Matter is a community healthcare entrepreneurs and industry leaders working together in a shared space to individually and collectively fuel the future of healthcare innovation.
In 2015, the OCC announced a collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to help release their vast stores of environmental data to the general public. This effort is managed by the OCC's NOAA data alliance working group.

Consortium members

US Cities