Tasmanian towns that host data centres and major AI factories would get a cut of the gains under a state plan to make developers pay into a government-run community benefits fund.
The Local Community Benefits Fund was unveiled by Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff on Wednesday, in the latest attempt to ease community concern over the build-out of data centres.
It is among the first fund of its kind to be …
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