PANews reported on October 19 that Nubila, the world's largest decentralized environmental data network, announced an official partnership with Weather Underground (WU), an authoritative platform in the global meteorological industry, to jointly promote the global popularization and application of high-resolution, reliable weather data.
Founded in 1993, Weather Underground, a core brand of The Weather Company, a subsidiary of IBM, is one of the world's first platforms integrating the internet with meteorological observations. WU processes billions of weather data requests daily, providing decision support for technology companies, government agencies, aerospace, energy, and agricultural systems worldwide. Its forecasts and data interfaces are widely integrated into core products of tech giants such as Google, Samsung, Apple, and Microsoft, including mobile weather systems, IoT devices, map navigation, and smart city platforms.
Through this partnership, WU has officially incorporated Nubila's globally deployed hyperlocal real-time weather data into its data quality control and forecast enhancement system to optimize AI models and enterprise-level weather services. This means Nubila's data will directly support the forecast systems of leading global clients, further improving the accuracy and real-time nature of weather services. Nubila equipment has passed official testing within WU's data quality system and has been included in its list of recommended weather equipment.
Nubila's innovations and advantages
Traditional meteorological observation systems are expensive to build, offer sparse coverage, and struggle to capture street-level weather changes. Nubila, through its community-driven DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network), has deployed over 20,000 high-precision meteorological devices worldwide, with data quality verified in real time by 16,000 validating nodes. These devices provide street-level weather coverage at a fraction of the cost, collecting key parameters such as temperature, humidity, rainfall, and wind speed in real time. All data is cryptographically verified and uploaded to the blockchain, ensuring authenticity, traceability, and verifiability, providing trusted "real-world input" for global weather models, AI forecasts, and Web3 applications.
“This is not only a breakthrough collaboration for Nubila, but also represents a historic integration of decentralized weather networks and traditional weather systems.” — Toby Skinner, co-founder of Nubila
Empowering AI and Web3
Nubila's data not only serves the global meteorological and energy industries, but also provides a trusted physical data oracle for AI, DeFi, and prediction markets. This enables automation and intelligent applications ranging from climate risk hedging and weather derivatives to AI model training and energy optimization based on real-time, cryptographically verified weather signals.
Currently, the global weather derivatives market is valued at $25 billion, and the global AI energy market has reached $15.4 billion, with continued rapid growth expected over the next decade. Nubila sits at the intersection of these rapid growth opportunities. Leveraging its trusted, real-time physical data, Nubila is becoming the infrastructure connecting the real world and the digital economy.
This partnership marks a significant milestone for Nubila as it moves toward the "Physical Perception Layer," providing solid infrastructure support for the global AI, blockchain, and climate technology ecosystems. It will also empower sectors like AI, energy, agriculture, insurance, and Web3 finance, making real-world data the trusted foundation of the digital economy and driving society toward a more transparent and efficient "Climate-Intelligent Future."
