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  • Finland launches criminal investigation into Google’s clearing of forest for datacentre site
    Authorities allege company may have breached Finnish environmental laws by forgoing required impact assessment‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentreFinnish ⁠police have launched a criminal investigation into possible breaches ⁠of the country’s environmental ⁠laws ​at the site of a planned Google datacentre in rural northern Finland.Authorities allege that Tuike Finland, a Google subsidiary, cleared and drained 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest
     

Finland launches criminal investigation into Google’s clearing of forest for datacentre site

29. Oktober 2026 um 14:51

Authorities allege company may have breached Finnish environmental laws by forgoing required impact assessment

Finnish ⁠police have launched a criminal investigation into possible breaches ⁠of the country’s environmental ⁠laws ​at the site of a planned Google datacentre in rural northern Finland.

Authorities allege that Tuike Finland, a Google subsidiary, cleared and drained 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest at the planned site in Muhos before environmental impact assessments required by Finnish law had been completed.

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© Photograph: Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP/Getty Images

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