Google has been ordered to halt construction on two datacentre projects in Finland after omitting required environmental impact assessments, raising concerns over regulatory compliance. The sites in Muhos and Kajanni form part of a multi-billion-euro expansion by the tech giant to meet surging global demand for data storage infrastructure. Authorities have intervened as the company scales up operations in northern Finland, where the facilities are intended to support critical online services. The decision underscores growing scrutiny over corporate compliance with environmental and planning laws in major infrastructure developments.
Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out environmental impact assessmentsGoogle 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.The planned datacentres in Muhos and Kajanni are part of a €13bn (£11bn) project across multiple sites in northern Finland by the technology company amid huge demand for space to house online infrastructure. Continue reading...
