CBA forge

• Name the project.
• Name the host community.
• Name the operator.
• Set a numeric water ceiling.

Community Benefit Agreement — [Project]
Host: [Host community]
Operator: [Operator]
Instrument: Equity Forge model charter for a data-center campus

This agreement is a condition of approval, subsidy, or scale — not a voluntary add-on.

1. Revenue and ownership
   [Host community] receives an ongoing 8% revenue share, land-lease royalty, or equivalent equity participation. One-time grants do not satisfy this clause. Formula, audit rights, and escalation are attached.

2. Community Benefit terms (executed before final permits)
   Water: a numeric ceiling, recycling requirement, and drought contingency shall be set before permits.
   Power: Additionality on the local grid, with drought curtailment
   Hiring: 40% local and indigenous hiring with a funded training pipeline.
   Noise, light, and traffic limits with real-time monitoring.

3. Public ledger
   Quarterly public reporting of consumption, local expenditures, revenue payments, and compliance — machine-readable where feasible. Annual independent summary to a civic repository.

4. Governance seat
   [Host community] (or the relevant tribal government) holds a formal oversight seat with the ability to trigger review for material breach.

5. Independent monitor
   A third-party monitor, paid by the project and accountable to the community, has access rights to data and may publish findings. Non-cooperation is breach.

6. End of life
   Bond or escrow for decommissioning and site restoration. [Host community] holds first right of negotiation for acquisition or reuse if [Operator] exits.

7. Remedies
   Material breach triggers defined remedies: financial penalty, loss of incentives or preferential treatment, mandatory corrective action, and stepped-up oversight.

One family. No void. Coherence is the standard.
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