# Loading Data into an Amazon Neptune cluster
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Amazon Neptune provides a process for loading data from external files directly into a Neptune DB instance. You can use this process instead of executing a large number of `INSERT` statements, `addV` and `addE` steps, or other API calls.

The following are links to additional loading information.
+ **Methods for loading data** – [Loading data into Amazon Neptune](load-data.md)
+ **Data formats supported by the bulk loader** – [Load Data Formats](bulk-load-tutorial-format.md)
+ **Loading example** – [Example: Loading Data into a Neptune DB Instance](bulk-load-data.md)