Google has been ordered to suspend construction activities in Finland after clearing approximately 250,000 trees for a planned data center.Every tree that stood on the 815-acre site only a few months earlier has now been removed. The Finnish Licensing and Supervision Authority (LVV) issued the stop-work order for the Muhos and Otanmäki locations after determining that the trees were felled before the required environmental impact assessment had been completed. Antti Järvinen, Google’s manager for Finland, has issued an apology while stating that the company proceeded on the basis of its best understanding of the applicable legislation at the time. The Muhos and Otanmäki developments form part of a $17 billion Google AI project.Science and facts💡
Google has been ordered to suspend construction activities in Finland after clearing approximately 250,000 trees for a planned data center.Every tree that stood on the 815-acre site only a few months earlier has now been removed. The Finnish Licensing and Supervision Authority (LVV) issued the stop-work order for the Muhos and Otanmäki locations after determining that the trees were felled before the required environmental impact assessment had been completed. Antti Järvinen, Google’s manager for Finland, has issued an apology while stating that the company proceeded on the basis of its best understanding of the applicable legislation at the time. The Muhos and Otanmäki developments form part of a $17 billion Google AI project.Science and facts💡
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