Finland orders halt to work on Google data centre sites
- Finnish opposition has called for measures to prevent power shortages, soaring energy prices caused by data centres.
- A Finnish government authority has ordered work on two Google data centre sites to stop until compulsory environmental impact assessments have been completed.
- The United States tech giant announced in September a 13 billion euro ($14.6bn) investment in digital infrastructure in Finland over the next two years to power its artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions.
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- Finnish opposition has called for measures to prevent power shortages, soaring energy prices caused by data centres.
- A Finnish government authority has ordered work on two Google data centre sites to stop until compulsory environmental impact assessments have been completed.
- The United States tech giant announced in September a 13 billion euro ($14.6bn) investment in digital infrastructure in Finland over the next two years to power its artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions.
Sources: Al Jazeera