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Finland Investigates Google Forest Clearance
The saga centers on environmental concerns regarding Google's massive tree removal in Finland to build AI data centers. The situation has escalated from initial reports of deforestation to an official government probe into the legality of the 816-acre clearance.
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Finland probes Google over 816-acre forest clearance for AI data centers
A criminal investigation has begun into Google’s Finnish subsidiary, Tuike Finland Oy, over unauthorized deforestation at its Muhos data center project. Police confirmed five complaints and said the…
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Google cuts down 250,000 trees for AI data centers in Finland
Google's €13 billion AI expansion in Finland has cleared roughly 330 hectares of forest at a site in Muhos, an area the Guardian says is larger than 450 American football fields. Finnish authorities…
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