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Nairobi AI Data Centre Cluster

AI Data Centre · 48 MW IT load (planned 120 MW) · Nairobi Metropolitan Region

Click any node to model its failure · line weight ∝ criticality

Intelligence panelAdequate

São Paulo

City · 22.6M people

Hydro-dependent grid facing drought and heat volatility.

RICI

59.4

Modeled · medium confidence

Composite index, 0–100

Constraint

Water

Reservoir variability and urban drainage.

Capacity · w0.1261

Access · w0.1289

Affordability · w0.149

Reliability · w0.1162

Resilience · w0.1246

Ecological integrity · w0.1241

Human benefit · w0.1163

Innovation capacity · w0.0766

Capital readiness · w0.0762

Future readiness · w0.0655

Estimated · confidence Medium · provenance

Atlas composite (ONS, ANA, IBGE) · 2025. Atlas does not present modelled output as observed fact. Where confidence is low, treat the value as a hypothesis to be tested, not a measurement.

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A traceable document for São Paulo: position, index composition, system status, verified statistics, opportunities and full source citations.

Verified statistics

Brazil renewable electricity share

~88%

Reported

EPE Balanço Energético Nacional · 2024

Metro population

~21.9 million

Reported

IBGE Census · 2022

Sewage treated

~62% nationally

Reported

metro coverage higher

SNIS / Instituto Trata Brasil · 2023

Cantareira reservoir volatility

30–90% storage swing

Reported

within a single decade

SABESP operating records · 2024

Reported = published by the named source. Estimated = Atlas estimate from partial public data. Modeled = model output, not a measurement.

System status

Energygrowth +3.1%/yr

Capacity66

Demand79

Risk52

Computegrowth +23%/yr

Capacity52

Demand78

Risk44

Watergrowth +2.4%/yr

Capacity47

Demand84

Risk74

Data provenance · map metrics5 metrics traced

Observed = direct measurement. Reported = published by the named source. Estimated = Atlas estimate from partial public data. Modeled = model output, not a measurement.

RICI — Regenerative Infrastructure Capacity Index · Modeled · medium confidence

Composite 0–100 index of a place's infrastructure capacity, access and regenerative quality.

Method. Weighted mean of ten indicators: Σ(indicator × weight), weights published in full on the Observe route.

Inputs. capacity · access · affordability · reliability · resilience · ecological integrity · human benefit · innovation capacity · capital readiness · future readiness

Caveat. Indicator scores are Atlas normalisations of heterogeneous national datasets; cross-country comparison is directional.

Population · Reported · high confidence

Resident population of the selected geography.

Method. National census or UN mid-year estimate; metro boundaries reconciled to UN World Urbanization Prospects.

Inputs. national census · UN WUP metro definition

Caveat. Metro figures for rapidly urbanising cities are disputed by up to 20%.

System capacity · Estimated · medium confidence

Normalised 0–100 measure of installed serviceable capacity in a system for the selected place.

Method. Atlas normalisation of installed capacity per capita against the global distribution for that system.

Inputs. installed capacity · population · global reference distribution

Caveat. Available capacity often differs materially from installed capacity, especially in constrained grids.

System demand · Estimated · medium confidence

Normalised 0–100 measure of current demand pressure on a system.

Method. Atlas normalisation of measured consumption plus suppressed demand proxies (unserved population, queue depth).

Inputs. consumption · unserved population · interconnection queue

System risk · Modeled · low confidence

Composite exposure of a system to physical, resource and operational failure.

Method. Weighted blend of climate hazard exposure, water stress, single-point dependency count and reserve margin.

Inputs. hazard exposure · water stress · dependency count · reserve margin

Caveat. No local grid topology or asset condition data is represented.

World Resources Institute — Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas 4.0 (2023) · https://www.wri.org/aqueduct
International Energy Agency — Electricity 2025 / Energy & AI (2025) · https://www.iea.org
Atlas Sanctum — Atlas scenario model v0.4 (deterministic) (2025)

Becoming possible

Watershed restoration priced as water-security infrastructure.