AI data centre company cold calling about buying land, inquiry told

Key points

• Consultants for an AI data centre company have been cold-calling residents in north-west Tasmania to buy their land, the Greens say. Greens MP Vica Bayley raised the matter at a state parliamentary energy committee hearing, naming Nook, near Sheffield.
• Acting Coordinator-General Dennis Hendriks said a proposal in the north-west is moving forward and is at an early stage. The government says no final site has been confirmed and that the proposal remains under consideration by the proponent.
• Farmer Wade Rockliff said consultants were offering well above land values and warned of tension with neighbours.