Authorities allege company may have breached Finnish environmental laws by forgoing required impact assessment * ‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre 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. Authorities allege that Tuike Finland, a Google subsidiary, cleared and drained 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest at the planned site in Muhos before environmental impact assessments required by Finnish law had been completed. Continue reading...

Authorities allege company may have breached Finnish environmental laws by forgoing required impact assessment

New electricity generating capacity would enable north-east to attract investment for major datacentre projects National Grid has taken a step towards building Britain’s biggest electricity substation on Teesside, which could supply power to a vast neighbouring datacentre, as the UK races to expand its AI infrastructure. Last week the company agreed to purchase 73 acres of land at Dorman Point on a site owned by Teesworks, a local private-public partnership. The deal was first reported by Sky News. Continue reading...

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Authorities allege company may have breached Finnish environmental laws by forgoing required impact assessment

Authorities allege company may have breached Finnish environmental laws by forgoing required impact assessment

Lokale protester over datacentre bliver flere og flere. Nu har en national folkebevægelse set dagens lys.

Authorities allege company may have breached Finnish environmental laws by forgoing required impact assessment

Lokale protester over datacentre bliver flere og flere. Nu har en national folkebevægelse set dagens lys.

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Googles finske landechef har måttet undskylde efter fældningen af 250.000 træer. I Finland har det ændret synet på datacentre.

Authorities allege company may have breached Finnish environmental laws by forgoing required impact assessment

New electricity generating capacity would enable north-east to attract investment for large-scale AI infrastructure

Authorities allege company may have breached Finnish environmental laws by forgoing required impact assessment

Authorities allege company may have breached Finnish environmental laws by forgoing required impact assessment

Authorities allege company may have breached Finnish environmental laws by forgoing required impact assessment

Datacentre off Shanghai coast uses less power and water than land-based equivalent