‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre

Google stripped an estimated quarter of a million trees and topsoil from 330 hectares of forest near Muhos in rural northern Finland to construct a datacentre. Finnish authorities ordered the tech company to stop work at two sites after finding the clearing violated regulations. Local residents report brown water runoff from the site is entering a stream feeding the Oulujoki River, raising environmental concerns.

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