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Country applications

Country applications

Country work of Data and Compute, linked to national programmes and the national source register. Country pages show only work that a programme record supports.

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The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
Field
Data and compute, Energy
Status
In development
Service level
R0: information and enquiries

Workstream tracker

Country applications · Programme year 2

Two milestones at riskGCRI · Data and Compute

Workstreams

owner · stage · status

Public data platform roadmapResearch computing leadTestM5 · week 28On track
Edge resilience pilotData stewardTestM8 · week 30On track
Reproducible pipeline standardInfrastructure operatorReviewM2 · week 12Blocked
Chip supply exposure reviewData stewardBuildM7 · week 35Blocked
Energy and water disclosureAccess committeeReviewM4 · week 13On track

Effort against plan

person-weeks

Public data platform…40 pw · req 22Edge resilience pilot46 pw · req 44Reproducible…37 pw · req 42Chip supply exposure…53 pw · req 29

Milestones

  1. W8M1Public data platform roadmap: scoping note signed
  2. W16M2Inputs qualified at the gate
  3. W23M3Edge resilience pilot: build review
  4. W28M4Controlled test with observers
  5. W39M5Publication and decision record

Data and Compute · Workstream trackerWorkstream tracker, in outline: domain structure with placeholder names and illustrative values, not a record.

01In brief

The short answer.

Data and Compute country applications are the national parts of its work on data and compute, each linked to a national programme and the national source register. A country page shows only work that a programme record supports, and the national institutions own the question, the data and the decision.

02Canvas

Scoping to review.

Canvas · scoping to reviewDesign, not a record
Country applications: a programme through its gatesA request with a named owner becomes a scoping note; inputs are qualified at a gate; delivery runs in workstreams; a controlled test and an independent review precede publication; the owner decides. Design of the process, not a record of a run.

Fig.A programme from scoping to the owner's decision. Design, not a record.

03Geography

Connected activity in the contiguous United States.

For country applications, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on night lights, population density and true-colour imagery with place names and borders from NASA GIBS, framed on the contiguous United States; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.

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Layers 3

Connected activity, for this page

Latest available

NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth

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For country applications, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on night lights, population density and true-colour imagery with place names and borders from NASA GIBS, framed on the contiguous United States; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2ASources and licences

  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). CC BY 4.0
  • VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • MODIS land products (vegetation indices, gross primary production, land cover), NASA LP DAAC and LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). ODbL
  • Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
  • Globe: MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1, BSD-3-Clause, © MapLibre contributors.
  • Context: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), rendered by NASA GIBS.
  • Observed (EO): Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026), Microsoft Planetary Computer
  • Optional layers (35 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.

Layers and dates

  • Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
  • True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
  • Land cover type (IGBP), yearly: MODIS Terra and Aqua land cover (MCD12Q1), NASA LP DAAC · 2024
  • Enhanced vegetation index, rolling 8 days: MODIS Terra EVI, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
  • Vegetation greenness (NDVI), rolling 8 days: MODIS Terra NDVI, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026

04Scope

Country applications in Data and Compute.

  1. 01

    Public interest data infrastructure

    Dataspaces and interoperable evidence.

  2. 02

    High performance computing

    HPC/GPU workloads and scientific compute.

  3. 03

    Cloud and edge systems

    Hybrid, local and sovereign computing options.

  4. 04

    Chips and semiconductors

    Critical compute hardware and supply chains.

  5. 05

    Data rights and trust

    Data access, licencing and privacy.

  6. 06

    Reproducible pipelines

    Pipelines, models and experiment provenance.

05National instruments

The national decisions data and compute evidence is prepared for.

InstrumentUsually held byEvidence it needs
National compute strategiesScience and digital ministriesDemand, capacity, access rules
Data protection and residency rulesData protection authoritiesData flows and processing
Public cloud policiesGovernment digital agenciesDependence and exit options
Data-centre planningEnergy and planning authoritiesGrid and water capacity
06Status

Work is shown as its record stands.

Programmes are listed as exploring, forming, constituted, active, paused or archived. Country and regional entries appear when a programme record supports them.

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07Key terms

Terms used on this page.

Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.

TermDefinition
Country ownershipThe principle that a country leads its own development policies and strategies and coordinates the actions that support them, set out in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.
National portfolioThe set of programmes, projects and evidence a country maintains in the Nexus network, each with its owner, status and records.
Country systemsA government's own budget, procurement, financial management and reporting systems, used by donors when they deliver through them.
High-performance computingAggregated computing power, typically clusters with fast interconnects, used for large simulations.
08Sources

Where this page's references lead.

The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.

09Questions

Questions and answers.

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Write to contact@therisk.global or a regional desk. A proposal receives a reference.
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