Google has pulled the plug on Google Research Datasets, a service that aimed to offer scientists a way to store their massive amounts of data generated from vastly different fields. The service already had 30 datasets uploaded to the site. But all of it has to go, as Robert Tansley from Google told the internal testers of the service:

As you know, Google is a company that promotes experimentation with innovative new products and services. At the same time, we have to carefully balance that with ensuring that our resources are used in the most effective possible way to bring maximum value to our users.

It has been a difficult decision, but we have decided not to continue work on Google Research Datasets, but to instead focus our efforts on other activities such as Google Scholar, our Research Programs, and publishing papers about research here at Google.

The move is remarkable in a sense that the service has been shunned even before opening it up to the general public, which is an imminent sign of increased frugality at the Search Giant.

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