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Finland orders halt to work on two Google data centres

The order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance.

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Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns

Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out environmental impact assessments Google has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in Finland after failing to carry out the necessary environmental…

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Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns

Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out environmental impact assessments Google has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in Finland after failing to carry out the…

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Finland orders halt to work on two Google data centres

The order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance.

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Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out environmental impact assessments Google has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in Finland after failing to carry out the necessary environmental…

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