diff --git a/changelog_entry.yaml b/changelog_entry.yaml
index e69de29b..dfa596e2 100644
--- a/changelog_entry.yaml
+++ b/changelog_entry.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- bump: patch
+  changes:
+    added:
+      - new class CachingGoogleStorageClient for locally caching gs files to disk.
diff --git a/policyengine/utils/data/__init__.py b/policyengine/utils/data/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74b27825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/policyengine/utils/data/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+from .caching_google_storage_client import CachingGoogleStorageClient
+from .simplified_google_storage_client import SimplifiedGoogleStorageClient
diff --git a/policyengine/utils/data/caching_google_storage_client.py b/policyengine/utils/data/caching_google_storage_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0f7db6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/policyengine/utils/data/caching_google_storage_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+from contextlib import AbstractContextManager
+import diskcache
+from pathlib import Path
+from policyengine_core.data.dataset import atomic_write
+import logging
+from .simplified_google_storage_client import SimplifiedGoogleStorageClient
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class CachingGoogleStorageClient(AbstractContextManager):
+    """
+    Client for downloaded resources from a google storage bucket only when the CRC
+    of the blob changes.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.client = SimplifiedGoogleStorageClient()
+        self.cache = diskcache.Cache()
+
+    def _data_key(self, bucket: str, key: str) -> str:
+        return f"{bucket}.{key}.data"
+
+    # To absolutely 100% avoid any possible issue with file corruption or thread contention
+    # always replace the current target file with whatever we have cached as an atomic write.
+    async def download(self, bucket: str, key: str, target: Path):
+        """
+        Atomically write the latest version of the cloud storage blob to the target path.
+        """
+        await self.sync(bucket, key)
+        data = self.cache.get(self._data_key(bucket, key))
+        if type(data) is bytes:
+            logger.debug(
+                f"Copying downloaded data for {bucket}, {key} to {target}"
+            )
+            atomic_write(target, data)
+            return
+        raise Exception("Expected data for blob to be cached as bytes")
+
+    # If the crc has changed from what we downloaded last time download it again.
+    # then update the CRC to whatever we actually downloaded.
+    async def sync(self, bucket: str, key: str) -> None:
+        """
+        Cache the resource if the CRC has changed.
+        """
+        logger.info(f"Syncing {bucket}, {key} to cache")
+        datakey = f"{bucket}.{key}.data"
+        crckey = f"{bucket}.{key}.crc"
+
+        crc = self.client.crc32c(bucket, key)
+        if crc is None:
+            raise Exception(f"Unable to find {key} in bucket {bucket}")
+
+        prev_crc = self.cache.get(crckey, default=None)
+        logger.debug(f"Previous crc for {bucket}, {key} was {prev_crc}")
+        if prev_crc == crc:
+            logger.info(
+                f"Cache exists and crc is unchanged for {bucket}, {key}."
+            )
+            return
+
+        [content, downloaded_crc] = await self.client.download(bucket, key)
+        logger.info(
+            f"Downloaded new version of {bucket}, {key} with crc {downloaded_crc}"
+        )
+
+        # atomic transaction to update both the data and the metadata
+        # at the same time.
+        with self.cache as c:
+            logger.debug(f"Updating cache...")
+            self.cache.set(datakey, content)
+            # Whatever the CRC was before we downloaded, we set the cache CRC
+            # to the CRC reported by the download itself to avoid race conditions.
+            self.cache.set(crckey, downloaded_crc)
+
+    def clear(self):
+        self.cache.clear()
+
+    def __enter__(self) -> "CachingGoogleStorageClient":
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
+        """Raise any exception triggered within the runtime context."""
+        self.clear()
+        return None
diff --git a/policyengine/utils/data/simplified_google_storage_client.py b/policyengine/utils/data/simplified_google_storage_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55b715ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/policyengine/utils/data/simplified_google_storage_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import asyncio
+from policyengine_core.data.dataset import atomic_write
+import logging
+from google.cloud.storage import Client
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class SimplifiedGoogleStorageClient:
+    """
+    Class separating out just the interactions with google storage required to
+    cache downloaded files.
+
+    Simplifies the dependent code and unit testing.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.client = Client()
+
+    def crc32c(self, bucket: str, key: str) -> str | None:
+        """
+        get the current CRC of the specified blob. None if it doesn't exist.
+        """
+        logger.debug(f"Getting crc for {bucket}, {key}")
+        blob = self.client.bucket(bucket).blob(key)
+        blob.reload()
+        logger.debug(f"Crc is {blob.crc32c}")
+        return blob.crc32c
+
+    async def download(self, bucket: str, key: str) -> tuple[bytes, str]:
+        """
+        get the blob content and associated CRC from google storage.
+        """
+        logger.debug(f"Downloading {bucket}, {key}")
+        blob = self.client.bucket(bucket).blob(key)
+
+        # async implmentation as per https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/blob/main/samples/snippets/storage_async_download.py
+        def download():
+            return blob.download_as_bytes()
+
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        result = await loop.run_in_executor(None, download)
+        # According to documentation blob.crc32c is updated as a side effect of
+        # downloading the content. As a result this should now be the crc of the downloaded
+        # content (i.e. there is not a race condition where it's getting the CRC from the cloud)
+        return (result, blob.crc32c)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e913360c..b796076f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ dependencies = [
     "policyengine_core>=3.10",
     "policyengine-uk",
     "policyengine-us>=1.213.1",
+    "diskcache (>=5.6.3,<6.0.0)",
+    "google-cloud-storage (>=3.1.0,<4.0.0)",
     "microdf_python",
     "getpass4",
-    "pydantic",
-    "google-cloud-storage",
+    "pydantic"
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ dev = [
     "yaml-changelog>=0.1.7",
     "itables",
     "build",
+    "pytest-asyncio>=0.26.0",
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools]
diff --git a/tests/utils/data/__init__.py b/tests/utils/data/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/utils/data/conftest.py b/tests/utils/data/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a692420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils/data/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import pytest
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+
+class MockedStorageSupport:
+    def __init__(self, mock_simple_storage_client):
+        self.mock_simple_storage_client = mock_simple_storage_client
+
+    def given_stored_data(self, data: str, crc: str):
+        self.mock_simple_storage_client.crc32c.return_value = crc
+        self.mock_simple_storage_client.download.return_value = (
+            data.encode(),
+            crc,
+        )
+
+    def given_crc_changes_on_download(
+        self, data: str, initial_crc: str, download_crc: str
+    ):
+        self.mock_simple_storage_client.crc32c.return_value = initial_crc
+        self.mock_simple_storage_client.download.return_value = (
+            data.encode(),
+            download_crc,
+        )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def mocked_storage():
+    with patch(
+        "policyengine.utils.data.caching_google_storage_client.SimplifiedGoogleStorageClient",
+        autospec=True,
+    ) as mock_class:
+        mock_instance = mock_class.return_value
+        yield MockedStorageSupport(mock_instance)
diff --git a/tests/utils/data/test_caching_google_storage_client.py b/tests/utils/data/test_caching_google_storage_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4850542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils/data/test_caching_google_storage_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+import pytest
+import tempfile
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, create_autospec, patch
+from policyengine.utils.data import CachingGoogleStorageClient
+from tests.utils.data.conftest import MockedStorageSupport
+
+
+class TestCachingGoogleStorageClient:
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_when_cache_miss__then_download_file(
+        self, mocked_storage: MockedStorageSupport
+    ):
+        with CachingGoogleStorageClient() as caching_client:
+            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+                mocked_storage.given_stored_data("TEST DATA", "TEST_CRC")
+                await caching_client.download(
+                    "test_bucket", "blob/path", Path(tmpdir, "output.txt")
+                )
+                assert (
+                    open(Path(tmpdir, "output.txt")).readline() == "TEST DATA"
+                )
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_when_cache_hit__then_use_cached_value(
+        self, mocked_storage: MockedStorageSupport
+    ):
+        with CachingGoogleStorageClient() as caching_client:
+            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+                mocked_storage.given_stored_data(
+                    "INITIAL TEST DATA", "TEST_CRC"
+                )
+                await caching_client.download(
+                    "test_bucket", "blob/path", Path(tmpdir, "output.txt")
+                )
+                assert (
+                    open(Path(tmpdir, "output.txt")).readline()
+                    == "INITIAL TEST DATA"
+                )
+
+                mocked_storage.given_stored_data(
+                    "CRC DID NOT CHANGE SO YOU SHOULD NOT SEE THIS", "TEST_CRC"
+                )
+                await caching_client.download(
+                    "test_bucket", "blob/path", Path(tmpdir, "output.txt")
+                )
+                assert (
+                    open(Path(tmpdir, "output.txt")).readline()
+                    == "INITIAL TEST DATA"
+                )
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_when_crc_updated__then_redownload(
+        self, mocked_storage: MockedStorageSupport
+    ):
+        with CachingGoogleStorageClient() as caching_client:
+            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+                mocked_storage.given_stored_data(
+                    "INITIAL TEST DATA", "TEST_CRC"
+                )
+                await caching_client.download(
+                    "test_bucket", "blob/path", Path(tmpdir, "output.txt")
+                )
+                assert (
+                    open(Path(tmpdir, "output.txt")).readline()
+                    == "INITIAL TEST DATA"
+                )
+
+                mocked_storage.given_stored_data(
+                    "UPDATED_TEST_DATA", "UPDATED_TEST_CRC"
+                )
+                await caching_client.download(
+                    "test_bucket", "blob/path", Path(tmpdir, "output.txt")
+                )
+                assert (
+                    open(Path(tmpdir, "output.txt")).readline()
+                    == "UPDATED_TEST_DATA"
+                )
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_when_crc_updated_on_download__then_store_downloaded_crc(
+        self, mocked_storage: MockedStorageSupport
+    ):
+        with CachingGoogleStorageClient() as caching_client:
+            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+                mocked_storage.given_crc_changes_on_download(
+                    "FINAL CONTENT", "INITIAL_CRC", "DOWNLOADED_CRC"
+                )
+                await caching_client.download(
+                    "test_bucket", "blob/path", Path(tmpdir, "output.txt")
+                )
+                assert (
+                    open(Path(tmpdir, "output.txt")).readline()
+                    == "FINAL CONTENT"
+                )
+
+                mocked_storage.given_stored_data(
+                    "YOU SHOULD NOT SEE THIS BECAUSE THE CRC IS UNCHANGED FROM DOWNLOADED",
+                    "DOWNLOADED_CRC",
+                )
+                await caching_client.download(
+                    "test_bucket", "blob/path", Path(tmpdir, "output.txt")
+                )
+                assert (
+                    open(Path(tmpdir, "output.txt")).readline()
+                    == "FINAL CONTENT"
+                )
diff --git a/tests/utils/data/test_simplified_google_storage_client.py b/tests/utils/data/test_simplified_google_storage_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa318b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils/data/test_simplified_google_storage_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+from unittest.mock import patch
+import pytest
+from policyengine.utils.data import SimplifiedGoogleStorageClient
+
+
+class TestSimplifiedGoogleStorageClient:
+    @patch(
+        "policyengine.utils.data.simplified_google_storage_client.Client",
+        autospec=True,
+    )
+    def test_crc32c__gets_crc(self, mock_client_class):
+        mock_instance = mock_client_class.return_value
+        bucket = mock_instance.bucket.return_value
+        blob = bucket.blob.return_value
+
+        blob.crc32c = "TEST_CRC"
+
+        client = SimplifiedGoogleStorageClient()
+        assert client.crc32c("bucket_name", "content.txt") == "TEST_CRC"
+        mock_instance.bucket.assert_called_with("bucket_name")
+        bucket.blob.assert_called_with("content.txt")
+        blob.reload.assert_called()
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    @patch(
+        "policyengine.utils.data.simplified_google_storage_client.Client",
+        autospec=True,
+    )
+    async def test_download__downloads_content(self, mock_client_class):
+        mock_instance = mock_client_class.return_value
+        bucket = mock_instance.bucket.return_value
+        blob = bucket.blob.return_value
+
+        blob.download_as_bytes.return_value = "hello, world".encode()
+        blob.crc32c = "TEST_CRC"
+
+        client = SimplifiedGoogleStorageClient()
+        [data, crc] = await client.download("bucket", "blob.txt")
+        assert data == "hello, world".encode()
+        assert crc == "TEST_CRC"
+
+        mock_instance.bucket.assert_called_with("bucket")
+        bucket.blob.assert_called_with("blob.txt")