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Finland launches criminal investigation into Google’s clearing of forest for datacentre site
<p>Authorities allege company may have breached Finnish environmental laws by forgoing required impact assessment</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/oct/22/finland-google-felling-trees-datacentre">‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre</a></p></li></ul><p>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.</p><p>Authorities allege that Tuike Finland, a Google subsidiary, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/oct/22/finland-google-felling-trees-datacentre">cleared and drained 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest</a> at the planned site in Muhos before environmental impact assessments required by Finnish law had been completed.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/finland-criminal-investigation-google-clearing-forest-datacentre">Continue reading...</a>
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