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dcrazy • today at 3:16 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

If Finland prohibits them from continuing construction, they don’t get the data center they want, and they have to start over somewhere else.


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akudha • today at 3:19 PM

Yes, Finland can also tighten the rules on future permits etc. But after all this, Google will simply pay a fine and look for another country/forest to exploit. It will also not bring back the 250K trees they destroyed.

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JensenTorp • today at 3:19 PM

See the previous comments for why it's a mostly fake story designed to make low-information people angry.

outside1234 • today at 3:19 PM

This. This would be real pain for them in terms of latency to launch.