{"id":7385,"date":"2026-10-23T16:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=7385"},"modified":"2026-10-23T16:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:20:13","slug":"google-told-to-halt-work-on-finnish-data-centers-after-clearing-an-estimated-250000-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=7385","title":{"rendered":"Google told to halt work on Finnish data centers after clearing an estimated 250,000 trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2297901479-e1792766792878.jpg?w=2048\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Google has spent more than a decade pointing to Finland as proof that a data center can be a good neighbor. Now Finland\u2019s regulators say it moved too fast on the next ones.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Finnish Licensing and Supervision Authority issued a notice that requires Google subsidiary Tuike Finland to suspend all environmentally significant preparatory work at sites in Muhos and Kajaani, until required environmental impact assessments are finished. The move follows the clearing of an estimated 250,000 trees at Muhos, according to <em>The Guardian<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two sites are part of Google\u2019s \u20ac13 billion (about $15.1 billion) investment in Finnish AI infrastructure, announced in September and billed by the company as its largest single investment in Europe. Google already operates a data center in the Finnish town of Hamina.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is Google\u2019s largest single investment in Europe and a testament to Finland\u2019s leadership in responsibly building AI infrastructure,\u201d Google said in a statement in September regarding its $15.1 billion plan. The company emphasized \u201cwhat is possible through strong partnerships to create long-term community value and world-class environmental sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Finland disagrees with how the company has handled its data center buildout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the opinion of the Finnish Licensing and Supervision Authority, extensive preparatory measures have already been taken in the project areas based on the currently available reports, such as the removal of trees, the stripping of topsoil, the construction of construction site roads and storage areas, changes to ditches and culverts, and stormwater arrangements. In our opinion, the measures in question will change the environment and cause impacts, the identification and assessment of which are among the key objectives of the EIA procedure,\u201d Tommi Muilu, Head of the Environmental Department at the agency, said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspension doesn\u2019t cover planning, measurements, soil surveys or other work with minor impacts that can be easily reversed, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google did not respond to a request for comment from <em>Fortune<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pushback is awkward for a government that went out of its way to land the project. \u201cFinland is an attractive destination for investments, and attracting further investment remains a top priority,\u201d Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said in Google\u2019s announcement in September. \u201cGoogle\u2019s decision is a clear testament to our strengths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not every Finn agrees. More than 96,000 people have signed a citizens\u2019 initiative on the government\u2019s kansalaisaloite.fi platform calling for tighter control of data centers, including a \u201cdata center fee.\u201d The initiative asks lawmakers to make sure data centers \u201cdo not endanger security of supply or negatively affect the price and adequacy of electricity for consumers and other industries,\u201d following the Irish model of regulating grid access. It also calls for a fee so that \u201csociety and local communities are compensated for the environmental damage and resource consumption caused by operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s a different picture from the one Google has painted in Finland. In 2009, the company bought a former paper mill in Hamina and turned it into a data center that opened in 2011. It\u2019s cooled with seawater from the Gulf of Finland instead of conventional water cooling. Google also sends the site\u2019s waste heat to local homes and businesses, and estimates that heat recovery will cover up to 80% of Hamina\u2019s district heating network\u2019s annual demand. In September, it signed a 22-year deal with Fortum to help extend the life of the Loviisa nuclear plant, which Google says supplies about 10% of Finland\u2019s electricity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Google #told #halt #work #Finnish #data #centers #clearing #estimated #trees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has spent more than a d&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1062,10309,541,906,521,10449,8572,10448,636,8951,946,3599,5966,9560,1248],"class_list":["post-7385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","tag-centers","tag-clearing","tag-data","tag-data-centers","tag-environment","tag-estimated","tag-finland","tag-finnish","tag-google","tag-halt","tag-infrastructure","tag-regulation","tag-told","tag-trees","tag-work"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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