Finland orders halt to work on two Google data centres
The order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance.
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""nature sites which should be preserved" had been felled."
— Hanna Halmeenpaa , Activist
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The order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance.
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