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A view of the Muhos site on 29 September 2026. Photograph: Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA view of the Muhos site on 29 September 2026. Google has until next Wednesday to submit a written explanation.The EIA is ongoing and expected to be completed later this year.
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- ▪Photograph: Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA view of the Muhos site on 29 September 2026.
- ▪Google has until next Wednesday to submit a written explanation.The EIA is ongoing and expected to be completed later this year.
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A view of the Muhos site on 29 September 2026. Photograph: Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA view of the Muhos site on 29 September 2026. Photograph: Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP/Getty ImagesGoogleGoogle told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concernsOrder on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out environmental impact assessmentsMiranda Bryant Nordic correspondentTue 6 Oct 2026 14.02 EDTLast modified on Wed 7 Oct 2026 08.55 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleGoogle has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in Finland after failing to carry out the necessary environmental impact assessments on its construction sites.The planned datacentres in Muhos and Kajanni are part of a €13bn (£11bn) project…
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