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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 environmental impact assessments Google has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in Finland after failing to do the necessary environmental impact assessments…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:02:56 UTC.

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