The order covers land-disturbing activity including tree and topsoil removal, excavation, quarrying, crushing, soil transfer, ditching, and construction of roads and storage areas. Google was required to halt the work no later than Oct. 23. Planning, measurements, soil surveys, and other minor, readily reversible measures are outside the suspension. Google said it would follow the agency’s guidance and acknowledged that it had fallen short of its own standards. The order follows Google’s announcement of a $15 billion Finland infrastructure investment a month earlier; the reported suspension applies to the two sites, not the entire investment plan.
Raw SignalOct 10, 20261 min read1 source
Finland ordered Google to halt work at two datacenter sites over missing environmental reviews (CNBC)
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Finland’s Licensing and Supervision Agency ordered Google subsidiary Tuike Finland Oy to suspend construction work on planned data-center sites in Muhos and Kajaani until environmental impact assessments are complete.