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Google Data Center Halt Finland

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Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondentThe Guardian
Florence FreemanBBC
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Google Data Center Halt Finland. (2026, October 13). The Aporia. https://the-aporia.com/event/60790

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A Finnish government authority has ordered work on two Google data centre sites to stop until compulsory environmental impact assessments have been completed.

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6 Oct
Google has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in Finland after failing to do the necessary environmental impact assessments on its construction sites.
2 outlets · The Guardian

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7 Oct Finland orders halt to work on Google data sites over environment concerns
Al Jazeera
6 Oct Finland orders halt to work on two Google data centres
BBC
6 Oct Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns
The Guardian

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