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Anton Shekhovtsov
@shekhovtsov.substack.com

European sovereignty at its “best”: Finland's government concludes a deal with Google to build a massive data centre in the north of the country. Google arrives and, without completing the required environmental assessment, fells 250,000 trees across 330 hectares. 1/2 📸 Alessandro Rampazzo

Anton Shekhovtsov
@shekhovtsov.substack.com

The work is halted, and everybody wonders whether the project is worth it: it brings minimal national benefit, pays little corporate tax, and strains the country's communities. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/oct/22/finland-google-felling-trees-datacentre 2/2

theguardian.com‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentreCompany ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms’ latest push

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