The Greens welcome Tasmanian Labor’s call for a pause on new data centres until strong and binding rules are in place.
Tasmanians overwhelmingly want to see a moratorium on AI data centres until there are statutory guardrails in place to protect our public resources and communities.
The Greens have long supported this position, and it’s great to see Labor now standing with the community on the right side of this critical and urgent issue.
The set of expectations released by Rockliff Government on Friday was below expectations; it was concerning the Government themselves could not outline how these expectations would be binding and asking AI data centre proponents to administer their own local community fund without any details is a joke.
It looks like it’s again up to the rest of the Parliament to again pick up the Government’s slack.
That’s why we are glad to see Labor not just calling for a pause on these facilities, but looking to developing alternative measures.
The Greens will continue engaging with MPs across the Parliament to work constructively towards robust and binding guardrails for AI facilities to protect Tasmania’s environment, public resources, and communities.
