Public policy and sources
Foundation completeThe canonical source, claims, terminology, proposition and authority pack has been assembled. It remains subject to updates when primary sources change.
Public working draftv0.2.0 · Last verified
Current project status
What exists, what readers can inspect now, what remains staged, and which decisions require qualified or Nation-led judgment.
This is an independent public-interest prototype published by BC + AI Ecosystem Association. It is not an official registry, regulator, utility, Crown decision-maker, Nation government, or legal or engineering authority.
- Responsible organization
- BC + AI Ecosystem Association
- Steward role
- BC Public Compute project steward
- Named assignment pending
- Public URL
- bc-ai.ca/public-compute/status
Current state
Public outcomes, not delivery throughput
- 01Complete
Foundation
Canonical sources, claims, terminology, authority and registry schema.
- 02In review
Public argument
The project hub and position paper are publicly reachable working drafts kept out of search indexes. Qualified and Nation-led review remain open before any indexable or final release.
- 03In development
Decision tools
The Registry is a public working prototype kept out of search indexes. The Decision Toolkit remains staged, not publicly linked and not indexed.
- 04Foundation complete
Governance
Server-side corrections, versions, disclosure, retention, review and export controls are implemented; qualified and Nation-led governance review remains required.
- 05In development
Stewarded public infrastructure
Public-source facility records are staged on the working prototype and kept out of search indexes. Fairness, qualified review, named stewardship and accountable release decisions remain.
Available now
Public routes you can use without internal access
- Public working draft
Project hub
The public case, five questions, available tools, limits and participation paths.
- Public working draft
Evidence and claims ledger
A public-safe claim-to-source projection with evidence status and limitations.
- Public working draft
AI Is Heavy Industry Now
The argument for treating major compute infrastructure as a visible public bargain.
- Working prototype
BC Public Compute Registry
Fictional demonstrations and staged public-source facility records with correction paths.
Not ready
Work that remains staged or requires a real decision
- Staged, not publicly linked
Data Centre Decision Toolkit
Qualified legal, utility, engineering, privacy and accessibility review, Nation-led governance work and an explicit publication decision remain required. A generic checklist cannot substitute for that work.
- Fairness review required
First public-source facility records
4 records are staged. 4 factual-correction packets are prepared and have not been sent.
- Nation-led work required
Nation-led governance and publication scope
Review preparation is complete. No review, authorization, approval, consent or endorsement is recorded.
- Qualified review required
Qualified expert review
13 canonical review questions remain open across authority, legal, utility, engineering, privacy, security, accessibility and licensing.
- Decision required
Named stewardship and indexable release
A named accountable steward, final review decisions and explicit indexing approval remain outstanding.
Review map
Governance and expert review remain distinct
First Nations governance
Nation-led work requiredNation-specific pathways and disclosure rules require funded, Nation-led review. No review or authorization is recorded.
- PC-REV-001
First Nations pathway, consent, and disclosure rules
Funded, appropriately scoped Nation-led review.
- PC-REV-002
Unapproved Nation-controlled records
Express authorization from the relevant Nation.
B.C. legal and municipal authority
Qualified review requiredHearing duties, water authorization, corporate-control disclosure and adoption status require legal review.
- PC-REV-003
Hearing duties, Vancouver Charter vs LGA, and BCUC role
B.C. legal review.
- PC-REV-004
Water licensing vs municipal utility vs cooling-system facts
B.C. legal and, where relevant, water-utility review.
- PC-REV-008
B.C. corporate beneficial-ownership collection vs LOTR vs CBCA
B.C. legal / corporate-registry review.
- PC-REV-010
Adoption status of any BC + AI public position
Named adoption process after the position paper review, plus the voice gate.
Utility and engineering
Qualified review requiredTariffs, interconnection, facility metrics, noise, backup generation and emissions need qualified review.
- PC-REV-005
Interconnection cost responsibility and tariff application
Utility / tariff review. Not BC + AI inference.
- PC-REV-006
CFD evaluation weights and mid-September 2026 outcomes
Official BC Hydro / Province results, then a source-register update.
- PC-REV-007
Facility-level energy, water, heat, and compute figures
Engineering review of any numerical facility row before it is marked independently verified.
- PC-REV-013
Backup generation, noise, and air emissions
Engineering / environmental review per facility.
Privacy, security and data control
Qualified review requiredPublic projections and claims about sovereignty, administration and lawful access need privacy and security review.
- PC-REV-009
Personal information, application confidentiality, and cyber claims
Privacy/security review before registry ingestion of any non-official source.
- PC-REV-011
Data-residency vs control vs lawful access
Privacy/security and, where Nation data is involved, Nation-specific review.
Accessibility
Qualified review requiredInteractive tools, tables, workbooks, diagrams and publications need automated and human accessibility review.
- PC-REV-012
Registry and toolkit interfaces, PDFs, and field guides
Accessibility review against the live components, not this markdown.
- v0.2.0
Governance release: the public governance contract, correction and dispute policy, verification states, disclosure projection rules, staleness model and this version history.
- v0.1.0
Initial public working draft: the project hub at /public-compute, the canonical research and source pack, and the registry schema prototype with its fictional demonstration workbook.
Evidence and corrections
Inspect the public claim-to-source ledger, or identify the exact value or sentence that needs correction and provide checkable evidence through the existing contact route.