Google fells 250k trees illegally in Finland for data center; construction halted

Google cleared a forest in Finland without proper permits to build a data center, felling 250,000 trees before work was halted. The Finnish government is now planning stricter forest protection laws. This marks a regulatory and reputational setback for Google's data center expansion in the Nordics.

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