00:02Announcing a new plan to make AI data centres give back to the communities near them.
00:07The test is straightforward. These developments must make Testmania and the communities that host them better off.
00:15The Premier says the government will establish a local community benefit fund that major AI and data centre proponents will
00:22be expected to contribute to.
00:24To support local communities in a range of areas, whether it be community organisations, sporting facilities.
00:32The obligation will apply to AI data centres that have already been approved, like the one Firmus Technologies is building
00:39at St Leonard's in Launceston and another planned near Georgetown, as well as to new approvals.
00:45I think establishing a community benefit program that's funded by AI data centres is a really important step in the
00:52right direction.
00:52Any steps that can be taken to ensure that Tasmanians benefit from AI factories are welcomed by the Greens.
01:01Firmus has welcomed the initiative and says it's also developing a community grants program.
01:07The development of AI data centres has fuelled growing concern in Tasmania's community.
01:12The Premier says the local community benefit fund will foster confidence, but there's a lot of missing detail, like how
01:19much proponents will have to pay, when the fund will be up and running and how it will be enforced.
01:25I don't think Tasmanians are buying another dodgy announcement from Premier Rockcliffe with no details.
01:31He hasn't said how he can enforce it. He hasn't said how much Firmus will pay to benefit the community.
01:35It's all spin.
01:36We need to develop the details of this fund as a priority.
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