> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.therisk.global/organization/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.therisk.global/organization/acceleration/nexus-compute.md). # NEXUS COMPUTE Nexus Ecosystem **Where this fits:** all six sectors · the Foundry pillar and [Finance readiness](/organization/finance-readiness.md) · GCRI Canada and The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) · Foundry pillar build work, with finance-readiness review in Q4 · doctrine (institutional economics) · see [Finance readiness](/organization/finance-readiness.md); [Use by: development banks](/organization/use-by/development-banks.md); [Use by: central banks and supervisors](/organization/use-by/central-banks-and-supervisors.md). **In brief.** This page sets out NEXUS COMPUTE in the institutional economics of the Nexus model: how shared compute and infrastructure become common value, and what makes part of that value investable. The programme prepares evidence, standards and readiness that make compute and infrastructure readable to finance; it never lends, invests, underwrites, rates, arranges or advises on a transaction, and readiness is not approval or bankability. The investability argument here sits alongside the international frameworks that govern how public and private capital meet risk: the OECD DAC blended finance principles ([OECD 2018](https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2018/12/oecd-dac-blended-finance-principles_898d3549.html)), the G20 independent review of multilateral development banks' capital adequacy frameworks ([G20 Expert Panel 2022](https://mdbreformaccelerator.cgdev.org/an-independent-review-of-multilateral-development-banks-capital-adequacy-frameworks/)), the World Bank's disaster risk finance work ([drfi](https://www.financialprotectionforum.org/)), the IMF Resilience and Sustainability Trust ([International Monetary Fund 2022](https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2022/10/12/pr22348-md-announces-operationalization-of-rst)) and the NGFS climate scenarios ([Network for Greening the Financial System 2024](https://www.ngfs.net/system/files/import/ngfs/medias/documents/ngfs_scenarios_phase_v.pdf)); the economic case for resilient infrastructure is set out in [Hallegatte, S., Rentschler, J. and Rozenberg, J. 2019](https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/31805). {% hint style="info" %} **Read with the current model (2026-10-21).** * Finance vehicles and instruments on this page (special-purpose vehicles, funds, credits, guarantees, pools or tokens) are structures that competent, lawful actors may form outside the programme, under their own law and licences. The programme prepares evidence, standards and readiness; it never forms, arranges, owns or advises on a vehicle or a transaction ([Lawful handoffs](/organization/finance-readiness/lawful-handoffs.md); [Finance readiness](/organization/finance-readiness.md)). * "Sovereign" names a public authority's own powers over its infrastructure, data and decisions; it is never an attribute of a Nexus product. Earlier wording such as "sovereign-grade" now reads "high-assurance", and "sovereign compute" reads "nationally controlled compute". * Technology is described as the twenty Nexus systems by their NXS codes (for compute and networks, [NXS-COR](/organization/systems/nxs-cor.md) and [NXS-NET](/organization/systems/nxs-net.md)); "Foundry" is the bare pillar word for the build work ([Systems](/organization/systems.md); [Foundry](/organization/programme/foundry.md)). * DAO, token, NFT and on-chain governance language describes earlier design concepts. No DAO, token or on-chain body exists or governs any part of the programme; National Working Groups are expert working groups under [National Nexus](/organization/governance-in-operation/national-nexus.md), with bounded, supervised assignments and no fee for ordinary participation ([National Working Groups](/organization/governance-in-operation/nwg.md)). * Everything described here is in formation: no national, regional or global programme is recorded as constituted or active, and the current service level is R0, information and enquiries ([Status and service levels](/organization/governance-in-operation/status-and-service-levels.md)). * [Nexus Standards](/organization/institutions/nexus-standards.md) that bear on this page: [NS-12](https://nexustandards.com/standards/ns-12/) (software, models and AI/ML artifacts), [NS-10](https://nexustandards.com/standards/ns-10/) (policies and clauses), [NS-14](https://nexustandards.com/standards/ns-14/) (conformance and crosswalk to external standards). Their text and status on nexustandards.com govern. {% endhint %} *** ## Sources External sources and standards cited in the In brief and the note above. The text below keeps its own internal references. 1. OECD (2018). OECD DAC Blended Finance Principles for Unlocking Commercial Finance for the Sustainable Development Goals. Paris: OECD, December 2018. 2. G20 Expert Panel (2022). Boosting MDBs' Investing Capacity: An Independent Review of Multilateral Development Banks' Capital Adequacy Frameworks. Report to the G20, July 2022. 3. World Bank and GFDRR. Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program; Global Risk Financing Facility; Financial Protection Forum. 4. International Monetary Fund (2022). Press Release No. 22/348: IMF Managing Director announces the operationalization of the Resilience and Sustainability Trust, 12 October 2022. 5. Network for Greening the Financial System (2024). NGFS Climate Scenarios for Central Banks and Supervisors, Phase V. Paris: NGFS, November 2024. 6. Hallegatte, S., Rentschler, J. and Rozenberg, J. (2019). Lifelines: The Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity. Sustainable Infrastructure Series. Washington, DC: World Bank. doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-1430-3. 7. Nexus Standards, NS-12: Software, models and AI/ML artifacts. Status as published. 8. Nexus Standards, NS-10: Policies and clauses. Status as published. 9. Nexus Standards, NS-14: Conformance and crosswalk to external standards. Status as published. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation by asking a question. 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