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Google Accused of Felling 300 Hectares of Forest for Finnish Data Centre
Original: Google Accused of Felling 300 Hectares of Forest for a Finnish Data Centre
Google is facing accusations that it cleared around 300 hectares of forest to make way for a data centre in Finland. The claim has drawn criticism online, with commenters weighing the company's climate commitments against the environmental cost of expanding data centre infrastructure. No detailed response from Google is included in the reports so far.
Why now: Criticism of a major tech company's environmental impact fits ongoing debate about data centres' growing land and energy footprint.
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- Google Accused of Felling 300 Hectares of Forest for a Finnish Data Centre · littlexsparkee · 24
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