Abstract
This disclosure describes how a site for AI computing and data storage is certified only while it keeps a signed compact with the community around it, so that the benefits promised to a community are enforceable rather than aspirational. Before any site is proposed, local consent is obtained and recorded through the community's own formal process, such as a council decision or a community-benefit agreement; consent is never inferred from opinion polls, and no poll on the specific site is run while a decision is pending. The compact sets out measurable commitments for the community, such as local hiring and training, bill credits or fair power-price arrangements, water replenishment and caps, noise limits and a share of revenue, alongside the site's environmental limits and its published power and water use. Each commitment is recorded in a public registry as a signed entry with a metric, a target, a measurement method and a reporting period. Independent accredited bodies grant the site a seal only when the compact is signed, the consent record is in place and the site's safety and transparency requirements are met. The seal is live: its public status shows whether each commitment is currently being met, and it moves from full to watch, suspended or withdrawn as evidence changes. A standing community review body, with members chosen through the community's own process, receives the reports, can raise a concern that triggers an independent review, and has its findings recorded. Breaches lead to graded consequences: notice and a period to cure; reduced non-essential computing load at the site; release of escrowed funds to the community; and suspension of the seal, which in turn affects the compute leases and certifications that depend on it. A restoration bond and a decommissioning plan are posted from the start, so that the community is never left with an abandoned site. The site operator, not the standard-setting body, builds and runs the site.
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Recommended Citation
Wang, Edward D. H., "SI Park Compact™: Certification of AI Infrastructure Sites Conditioned on a Signed Community Compact, in which Local Consent through the Community's Own Process Comes before Any Proposal, Benefits Are Recorded as Measurable Commitments in a Public Registry, a Live Site Seal Shows Whether the Commitments Are Being Kept, a Standing Community Review Body Can Trigger Review, Breaches Lead to Graded Consequences Including Reduced Non-Essential Load and Release of Escrowed Funds to the Community, Seal Status Feeds Compute Leases, and a Restoration Bond Is Posted from the Start", Technical Disclosure Commons, ()
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/12855