Civic Compute Covenant (% to city)

Covenants a fixed percentage of the facility’s compute, at cost and for the life of the facility, to public entities in the host community — the signature proposal.

Open planner →Cost bandMediumIllustrative Example
  • No operating precedent mid 2026

Where it applies

Applicability of Civic Compute Covenant (% to city) across climate, water stress, land context, and community scale.
ClimateColdapplicableTemperateapplicableAridapplicableTropicalapplicable
Water stressLowapplicableMediumapplicableHighapplicable
Land contextGreenfieldapplicableDegradedapplicableBrownfieldapplicableUrbanapplicable
Community scaleRuralapplicableTownapplicableMetroapplicable

Five Capitals contribution

  • Natural0
  • Human4
  • Social4
  • Built1
  • Financial1

0–5 illustrative weighting of how this intervention builds each capital. Illustrative Example.

PrecedentProposal

Concept with adjacent precedent only — no operating instance.

NO operating precedent mid-2026; NAIRR/EuroHPC prove allocation; 0.5%-rev + ~1%-compute reference proposals

Case studies2

NAIRR pilot

Proposal reference

NSF / NAIRR · United States

This precedent is a proposal reference — figures below are planned or illustrative, not delivered results.

FigureValueSource
Projects supported~600medium conf.NAIRR pilot (citation)
Students reached6,000medium conf.NAIRR pilot (citation)
First-round funding gaponly 35 of 150+ fundedmedium conf.NAIRR pilot (citation)

The NAIRR pilot proves public compute allocation works — ~600 projects and 6,000 students — but demand ran 4x+ supply, with only 35 of 150+ first-round proposals funded. It is a RUNG-1 reference, not a covenant instance.

How it maps hereproposal_reference RUNG 1: public allocation works; the covenant itself has no operating precedent.

EuroHPC AI Factories

Proposal reference

EuroHPC · European Union

This precedent is a proposal reference — figures below are planned or illustrative, not delivered results.

FigureValueSource
JUPITER public share50% managed publiclymedium conf.AI Factories (citation)

EuroHPC AI Factories provide free public access, with ~50% of the JUPITER system managed publicly — a second RUNG-1 reference that public compute at scale is real.

How it maps hereproposal_reference RUNG 1; pairs with NAIRR to ground the covenant proposal.

Sources

  • NAIRR pilot public compute allocationNAIRR / NSF
  • EuroHPC AI Factories public accessEuroHPC
  • FAS/Brookings 0.5% revenue + ~1% compute proposalsFAS / Brookings / Schiavo

These compoundSYN-CIVIC-DIGITAL

Running these together in the Place Planner unlocks a synergy multiplier — each strengthens the others.

Illustrative model. The Regen Data Center is an educational reference model. Figures shown are either externally cited or tagged as illustrative examples; interactive outputs are illustrative and not offers, financial advice, or guarantees. Operating, announced, and proposal precedents are labeled distinctly throughout. Nothing here recognizes, certifies, or constitutes a VLAS-verified asset.

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