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Finnish Petition Demands Data Center Regulation After Google Felled 250,000 Trees to Make Way for AI Project

A petition calling for more regulation of data centers in Finland has gathered more than 96,400 signatures—nearly twice the amount needed to force the Finnish Parliament to formally take up the petition for a debate—after Google infuriated residents and officials of two towns where the tech giant illegally chopped down an estimated 250,000 trees across…

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