Hi Gang,
Check
You can ask for a VM there.
One can install Pharo on it, no problem (you'll be root of your world).
There are datasets, Spark, Hadoop, GDAL, X2Go, QGis ...
This is a presentation of the platform for the #DengueHackathon
Kendrick users etc could find some use for this maybe.
I am responsible for the Hadoop part of that thing and can help for whatever you need.
Phil