- Google has been ordered to temporarily halt work on two datacentre construction sites in Finland — Muhos and Kajanni — after failing to complete the necessary environmental impact assessments.
- The two halted sites are part of a 13bn euro Google datacentre project spanning multiple sites in northern Finland, built to meet demand for space to house online infrastructure.
- The order is a permitting-level setback for a single hyperscaler buildout; the report gives no timeline for when construction resumes and does not quantify cost or schedule impact.
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“Google has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in Finland after failing to do the necessary environmental impact assessments on its construction sites.”
“The planned datacentres in Muhos and Kajanni are part of a 13bn euro project across multiple sites in northern Finland by the technology company amid huge demand for space to house online infrastructure.”