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Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns

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Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out the necessary environmental impact assessmentsGoogle has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in Finland after failing to do the necessary environmental impact assessments on its construction sites.The planned datacentres in Muhos and Kajanni are part of a 13bn euro project across multiple sites in northern Finland by the technology company amid huge demand for space to house online infrastructure. The order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance. Key points and original sources are listed below.

  • Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out the necessary environmental impact assessmentsGoogle has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in Finland after failing to do the necessary environmental impact assessmen...S1
  • The order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance.S2
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8h The Guardian

Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns

Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out the necessary environmental impact assessmentsGoogle has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacen…

8h BBC

Finland orders halt to work on two Google data centres

The order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance.

Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns

2 outlets 2 reports
The brief

Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out the necessary environmental impact assessmentsGoogle has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in Finland after failing to do the necessary environmental impact assessments on its construction sites.The planned datacentres in Muhos and Kajanni are part of a 13bn euro project across multiple sites in northern Finland by the technology company amid huge demand for space to house online infrastructure. The order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance. Key points and original sources are listed below.

  • Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out the necessary environmental impact assessmentsGoogle has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in Finland after failing to do the necessary environmental impact assessmen...S1
  • The order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance.S2
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Sources · 2 citations

S1 The Guardian 1 report · EN
S2 BBCLead 1 report · EN