Internet2 Community News Spotlight – July 2025 Edition

By Amber Rasche - Senior Communications Specialist, Internet2

This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions.

This Week

• Backblaze Fuels Open Cloud Revolution with Data Region Expansion, Doubling Down on High-Performance Storage for AI, High Performance Compute, and Media Workflows (opens in a new window)
• OneNet’s Intern Program Expands to Community Colleges (opens in a new window)
• A New Version of the MANRS Community Charter is Approved (opens in a new window)
• NOAA N-Wave News July 2025 – A Focus on Our Foundation and Future (opens in a new window)
• ARE-ON Invests in Cloud Connectivity Resiliency Through Partnerships With the Great Plains Network and Internet2 (opens in a new window)
• Celebrating 53 Years Since the Launch of Landsat 1 (opens in a new window)
• CENIC Membership Enables San Joaquin Valley Library System’s Wi-Fi Revolution (opens in a new window)
• NOAA Research Develops an AI-Powered Sibling to Its Flagship Weather Model (opens in a new window)

Community News Recap – July 13-19

• Cloudforce Joins Internet2 Community (opens in a new window)
• Lowden Named Ohio State’s New VP, Chief Information Officer (opens in a new window)
• Steve Fleagle, Longtime Chief Information Officer, to Retire From the University of Iowa (opens in a new window)
• Georgia Tech to Build $20M National AI Supercomputer (opens in a new window)
• LIGO Detects Most Massive Black Hole Merger to Date (CalTech) (opens in a new window)
• AI Assistant Built by Northeastern Grad Helps MassDOT Engineers Work Faster (opens in a new window)
• Next Steps in the MANRS Charter Review Process – Voting Through July 22 (opens in a new window)

Community News Recap – July 6-12

• MCNC Delivers Digital Heartbeat for Thriving North Carolina Communities (opens in a new window)
• Jetstream2 Used for Agriculture Research (HPCwire) (opens in a new window)
• Introducing Bill Poirier, University of Central Florida’s Next Chief Information Officer  (opens in a new window)
• Applications Are Now Open for the 2025 Trusted CI Fellowship! (opens in a new window)
• IceCube Reaches 20-Year Milestone in Quest to Uncover the Makeup of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays (opens in a new window)
• IT Summit Focuses on Balancing AI Challenges and Opportunities (Harvard Gazette) (opens in a new window)
• Nine Years and Counting: NICE RAMPS Communities Keep Expanding Opportunities in Cybersecurity Work and Learning (NIST) (opens in a new window)

Community News Recap – July 1 – 5

• Connecting GLOBE with a Wider Meteorological Community Through Newly Established Connection with NOAA Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS) (opens in a new window)
• The National Data Platform: Enabling Researchers to Cruise Vast Oceans of Data (opens in a new window)
• Iowa Communications Network Taps Into Omaha IX Peering Exchange at 1623 Farnam to Boost Statewide Reach (opens in a new window)
• Strengthening Community and Connectivity for a Future-Ready Oregon (Link Oregon) (opens in a new window)
• How Educators Run the Internet (Internet Society) (opens in a new window)

Send feedback and share your institution’s stories for consideration to arasche@internet2.edu (opens in a new window).