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minus-squarejpicture@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·12 hours agoYeah, Google just destroyed 815 acres of forest for a new data centre in Finland without permission. It hasn’t gone down well.
minus-squareRedGreenBlue@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-210 hours ago Petteri Orpo, said attracting investment was a “top priority” and “the value of the data economy extends far beyond direct investment”. X doubt. They probably gave them deals on electricity too. The Fins are getting nothing in return. Wow.
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-27 hours agoThe Finnish government sold them that land. They knew exactly what Google was going to do with it.
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agodoesn’t matter. there are laws that must be followed. they broke the law, openly, and someone found out and told people. now the politicians that sold the land have piss on their face and have to do something about it or risk being replaced.
Yeah, Google just destroyed 815 acres of forest for a new data centre in Finland without permission. It hasn’t gone down well.
X doubt.
They probably gave them deals on electricity too. The Fins are getting nothing in return. Wow.
The Finnish government sold them that land. They knew exactly what Google was going to do with it.
doesn’t matter. there are laws that must be followed. they broke the law, openly, and someone found out and told people. now the politicians that sold the land have piss on their face and have to do something about it or risk being replaced.