  SURF is the collaborative ICT organisation for Dutch education & research and
coordinates the national e-infrastructure (surf.nl). To accelerate scientific
discovery, SURF invests in, operates and explores high-end IT solutions for and
with researchers in the Netherlands. In this ADASS 2019 contribution we present
our latest developments in high performance and high throughput cloud
computing. These developments are particularly relevant for Astronomy, as this
science domain: (i) generates large (Petabyte sized) data collections, (ii)
uses rapid release and deployment schemes for their software, (iii) requires
flexible and interactive test and staging environments and (iv) needs to
execute complex workflows on diverse data structures. We highlight our new
OpenStack-based, cloud infrastructure layer and focus on Spider, our new
addition to SURF's high throughput data processing platforms.
