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Six operators. One protocol.
No primus inter pares.

The Concordfaces federation is six independently-incorporated continental entities sharing a single, open content-addressed protocol. Each operator answers to the law of its seat. None owns the others. None can be quietly acquired. The protocol is what is shared — not the treasury, not the board, not the keys.

6 operators 49 sites · day one 61.8 PB committed RFC 0001 · ratified 13 May 2026 Quorum · 4 of 6 for amendments
NA · BORÉAL YMQ · 9 sites · 11.8 PB SA · DEL SUR MVD · 5 sites · 5.4 PB EU · EUROPA EU AF · AFRIKA CPT · 6 sites · 4.7 PB AS · ASIA SIN · 14 sites · 22.6 PB OC · PACIFIC WLG · 4 sites · 3.1 PB

Fig. 1 Federation peering topology · dashed arcs denote protocol-level gossip, not physical links.

Protocol Council.
Quorum of four.

The Founding Compact, deposited with each operator's registrar of foundations on 13 May 2026, establishes a single shared body: the Protocol Council. The Council ratifies amendments to the specification. It does not own the chunks, the keys, the treasuries, or the staff of any operator.

Council seats rotate annually. Quorum for amendments is four of six. Specification reversions require five. No single operator may both author and ratify a change. The Council's chair rotates between the six capitals in the order of accession.

The Compact also fixes what the federation explicitly is not: a holding company, a shared treasury, a primus inter pares, an authority that can compel an operator to serve any specific request.

Art. I
The protocol is the only thing shared.Chunks, manifests, keys, residency clauses, and audit logs remain in the operator's jurisdiction.
Art. II
Quorum.Specification amendments require four of six operators in agreement. Reversions require five. Single-operator vetoes are bounded by issue scope.
Art. III
Rotating chair.The chair of the Council rotates annually between the six capitals, in the order of accession of the operators.
Art. IV
No primary jurisdiction.The Council itself has no seat. Its records are mirrored by each operator within its own law. There is no parent body.
Art. V
Exit.An operator may withdraw on twelve months' written notice. Its chunks remain accessible to the federation for the notice period; its residency commitments do not.
Art. VI
Public minutes.Every Council session is published, dated, signed by all attending operators, and mirrored in six jurisdictions within 72 hours.

The six operating entities.

Each is independently incorporated in its seat of law. Each has its own board, treasury, audit obligations, residency commitments, and physical footprint. They are listed in the order of accession to the Founding Compact.

EU

Operator I

EU operator

concord-eu

Public mainnet · Q3 2026

A continental European operator. Custodian of residency for the European Economic Area. The first operator to ratify the Compact and the chair of the inaugural Council year.

Seat
EUcontinental
Legal form
Operatorregional entity
Capacity
14.2 PB11 sites
Residency
EU/EEAGDPR + AI Act

Residency commitments: data tagged eu stays within the EEA absent a signed cross-border token. Subject to the GDPR, the AI Act, and the NIS2 directive.

Sites
  • EU regions, exact locations not published
  • FRA-2 · Frankfurt
  • ARN-1 · Stockholm
  • MAD-1 · Madrid
  • WAW-1 · Warsaw
  • HEL-1 · Helsinki
  • DUB-1 · Dublin
  • MIL-1 · Milan
  • ZRH-1 · Zürich (peering)
NA

Operator II

NA operator

concord-na

Public mainnet · Q3 2026

Continental operator. Custodian of regional residency.

Seat
—continental
Legal form
OSBLOperator entity
Capacity
11.8 PB9 sites
Residency
CanadaPIPEDA · Loi 25

Residency commitments: data tagged na stays within the operator's region absent a signed cross-border token.

Sites
  • Regional sites, exact locations not published
  • YYZ-2 · Toronto
  • YVR-1 · Vancouver
  • YYC-1 · Calgary
  • YOW-1 · Ottawa
  • YHZ-1 · Halifax
  • YZF-1 · Yellowknife
SA

Operator III

SA operator

concord-sa

Public mainnet · Q4 2026

Continental operator. Custodian of regional residency.

Seat
—continental
Legal form
Asoc. civilURCDP-supervised
Capacity
5.4 PB5 sites
Residency
LATAMLey 18.331 · LGPD

Residency commitments: data tagged sa stays within the operator's region absent a signed cross-border token.

Sites
  • Regional sites, exact locations not published
  • GRU-1 · São Paulo
  • GRU-2 · São Paulo
  • SCL-1 · Santiago
AF

Operator IV

AF operator

concord-af

Public mainnet · Q4 2026

Continental operator. Custodian of regional residency.

Seat
—continental
Legal form
PBTOperator entity
Capacity
4.7 PB6 sites
Residency
AfricaPOPIA · NDPR · DPA-KE

Residency commitments: data tagged af stays within the operator's region absent a signed cross-border token.

Sites
  • Regional sites, exact locations not published
  • LOS-1 · Lagos
  • NBO-1 · Nairobi
  • CMN-1 · Casablanca
  • ACC-1 · Accra (planned)
AS

Operator V

APAC operator

concord-as

Public mainnet · Q1 2027

Continental operator. Custodian of regional residency.

Seat
—continental
Legal form
CLGOperator entity
Capacity
22.6 PB14 sites
Residency
APACPDPA · APEC CBPR

Residency commitments: data tagged as stays within the operator's region absent a signed cross-border token.

Sites
  • Regional sites, exact locations not published
  • NRT-1 · Tokyo
  • NRT-2 · Tokyo
  • ICN-1 · Seoul
  • BOM-1 · Mumbai
  • HYD-1 · Hyderabad
  • BLR-1 · Bangalore
  • CGK-1 · Jakarta
  • TPE-1 · Taipei
  • BKK-1 · Bangkok
  • HKG-1 · Hong Kong
  • DXB-1 · Dubai
  • RUH-1 · Riyadh (planned)
OC

Operator VI

Oceania operator

concord-oc

Public mainnet · Q1 2027

Continental operator. Custodian of regional residency.

Seat
—continental
Legal form
CISOperator entity
Capacity
3.1 PB4 sites
Residency
PacificNZ Privacy Act · APP

Residency commitments: data tagged oc stays within the operator's region absent a signed cross-border token.

Sites
  • Regional sites, exact locations not published
  • SYD-1 · Sydney
  • PER-1 · Perth
  • MCM-1 · McMurdo (planned)