Google Accused of Felling 300 Hectares of Forest for a Finnish Data Centre
littlexsparkee
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October 05, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
karim79
Where is the net benefit to society through all this, one asks? I'm not a luddite but news like this makes me feel ill. Turning the planet into one big AI data center just doesn't give me the warm and fuzzies.
rasz
Will they pay a fine and keep going?
Manuel_D
To put this in perspective, Finland apparently cuts down 600-700k hectares of forest each year. 87% of Finland is forest, about 23 million hectares.