Finland Halts Google Data Center Construction Over Massive Unauthorized Deforestation

By Munis Raza · Interesting Engineering · 2026-10-23

According to reporting from Interesting Engineering, Finnish regulators have ordered Google to suspend work at two major data center sites after the company cleared roughly 740 acres of forest. The Licensing and Supervision Agency issued the stop-work mandate because the tech gia

According to reporting from Interesting Engineering, Finnish regulators have ordered Google to suspend work at two major data center sites after the company cleared roughly 740 acres of forest. The Licensing and Supervision Agency issued the stop-work mandate because the tech gia