Tag: data center

“Pure arrogance”: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for data center

Miranda Bryant in Muhos and Otanmäki   October 22, 2026 Behind a wire fence lies a vast gaping wound of earth. Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated quarter of a million trees occupied the 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest near the town of Muhos in rural northern Finland. Now they are all […]

City Council Wrecked in Voter Bloodbath After Allowing New Data Center

April 18, 2026   Small town politicians are learning the hard way that when Americans say no to data centers, they mean it. In Festus, Missouri — a sleepy town of roughly 12,700 residents — the backlash was so great that residents ousted half their city council after they approved a $6 billion data center development […]