Google Clears 250,000 Trees in Finland for Data Center, Halted by Regulator

Google illegally cut down an estimated 250,000 trees on about 330 hectares near Muhos, Finland, to build a data center before environmental review, prompting regulators to order work halted at two sites and drawing local and public backlash.

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Oct 26, 12:29 PM	fortune.com	‘We had wolves coming into the village’: Google’s destruction of a 1,300-acre forest unleashed the wolfpack in Finland
Oct 26, 2:26 AM	thenextweb.com	Google cleared 250,000 trees for a Finnish data centre, Guardian reports
Oct 24, 12:01 AM	nypost.com	Google illegally cut down 250K trees in Finland for data center, driving wolves into villages and infuriating locals: report
Oct 23, 8:40 AM	fortune.com	Google told to halt work on Finnish data centers after clearing an estimated 250,000 trees before environmental review was done
Oct 23, 4:30 AM	motherjones.com	Finns Are Seething After Google Illegally Toppled 250,000 Trees for a Data Center
Oct 23, 3:00 AM	tomshardware.com	Wolves roam into Finnish villages after Google destroys 1,300 acres of forest for AI data centers
Oct 23, 2:00 AM	newsweek.com	Google Is Proving Why Americans Are Right to Distrust Data Centers
Oct 22, 12:36 PM	tomsguide.com	Google just cut down 250,000 trees for AI data centers — and now it's facing a major backlash
Oct 22, 4:22 AM	uk.news.yahoo.com	'Pure arrogance': Finland reacts to Google's unauthorized forest clearing for AI
Oct 22, 4:22 AM	theguardian.com	‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre