Google’s €13bn Finland push transforms and divides a quiet rural town

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Google plans to invest €13 billion in data-center development in Finland’s Muhos municipality and the wider Oulu region, bringing jobs and economic activity. The project has also drawn criticism over forest clearance and the alleged absence of a required environmental assessment.

A €13 billion Google data centre investment is set to transform the Finnish municipality of Muhos and the wider Oulu region. While many locals welcome new jobs and economic activity, environmental campaigners say more than 300 hectares of forest were cleared without a required assessment.