If Australian data centres are going to power the AI revolution, we deserve a fair return | David Pocock
TL;DR
We cannot afford to make the same mistake as we did with gas. If tech companies are going to use our land, energy and water for AI, they must pay their fair share of tax Over the past few months, tens of thousands of Australians have emailed their local MP calling for a 25% tax on gas exports. More than 2,200 people have even chipped in their own money to fund billboards promoting the idea. Why?
Nauti's Take
AI builders love talking models, latency, and scale. Pocock drags the uglier question into the room: who pays for the physical substrate behind the magic?
Without fair infrastructure costs, the next AI boom becomes another round of private upside on the public tab.
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