Google cleared 250,000 trees for a Finnish data centre, Guardian reports
THE SO WHAT
Data center buildout is colliding with local environmental scrutiny—250,000 trees and 330 hectares cleared before a finished assessment is the kind of move that triggers tighter permitting everywhere. If your AI roadmap depends on new capacity, add permitting, land-use politics, and ESG blowback to your risk register, not just power and chips.
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