The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
NEXCORE is the compute fabric: where workloads are enrolled, placed and run across infrastructure, with data residency, cost and continuity requirements respected.
Fig.The Nexus cycle, from question to renewal. Design, not a record of a run.
NEXCORE Secure Compute and Edge Backbone is the Nexus Foundry system for a compute control plane across cloud, private infrastructure and edge locations. It serves 7 platforms, among them Energy Nexus as well as Climate and Hazards, and its stated limit is that it runs authorized workloads only, under each project's data terms. Access is through an authorized project with an accountable owner, data terms and a review plan.
Urban demand centres and the hubs that anchor digital and data infrastructure, shown for Brazil as an example geography for this subject.
Large risk analyses need significant compute, and public institutions need to know where their data and workloads run, under which jurisdiction, and what happens if a provider becomes unavailable. Placement is therefore a policy decision as well as a technical one.
| Reference | Relevance |
|---|---|
| ISO/IEC 30134 series | Data-centre efficiency indicators |
| NIST CSF 2.0 | Security of compute services |
| FAIR principles | Data stewardship across environments |
Access requires an authorized project with an accountable owner, data terms and a review plan. Enquiries go to contact@therisk.global.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Edge computing | Processing data close to where it is produced or used rather than in a central data centre. |
| Data residency | A requirement that data be stored and processed within a stated jurisdiction. |
| Zero trust | A security model that grants access based on continuous verification, not network location. |
The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.