This paper from the OSGeo Journal may be of interest:
http://www.osgeo.org/ojs/index.php/journal/article/view/174

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> Geoprocessing in the Clouds
> 
> Bastian Baranski, Bastian Schaeffer, Richard Redweik
> 
> Abstract
> 
> 
> Cloud Computing is one of the latest hypes in the mainstream IT world. 
> Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) with its classical publish-find-bind 
> paradigm have not been affected yet by this emerging trend. This paper 
> reviews this novel technology and tries to identify the paradigm behind it. 
> In particular, the scalability aspect for a cloud enabled 52° North Open 
> Source Web Processing Service is challenged and proven in the exemplary 
> Google Cloud. On this basis, future direction for SDIs and the Cloud 
> Computing paradigm are identified.


On 2011-03-04, at 8:57 AM, Jens Fitzke wrote:

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> Folks,
> 
> I got an opportunity (well on very short notice) for a presentation on Open
> Source GIS stuff for the Cloud. I'd like to point to as many as possible OSGeo
> activities regarding this. I already found some information on Swisstopo
> (Mapfish stuff by Camptocamp) and of course there is the 52n WPS Cloud
> implementation - where 52n is not an OSGeo project and where ESRI is 
> presenting
> at the same meeting and I anticipate they will elaborate on that.
> 
> Any more activities or implementations?
> 
> I can squeeze in everything I have until Tuesday morning (CET).
> 
> Thanks,
> Jens
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