Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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Publisher signals
66/100
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Technology
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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.
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Google → order → 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.
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datacentres → plan → infrastructure
It comes after it emerged that Tuike Finland Oy, the company representing Google, had felled 330-hectares (815 acres) of forest in Muhos without completing an environmental impact assessment.
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Oy → come → assessment
In Kajaani, the company has reportedly been logging across just under 200 hectares (494 acres) of land.
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company → log → land
The Finnish Union for Nature Conservation said the sites had been reduced to “sand”, blaming the oversights on the “overheated” market for new datacentres.
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sites → say → datacentres
On Tuesday, the Finnish Licensing and Supervision Authority (LVV) said it had issued a notice to the company to “immediately suspend” – by 23 October at the latest – “preparatory measures that significantly change the environment” of the two sites until the environmental impact assessment had been completed.
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assessment → say → sites
Google has until next Wednesday to submit a written explanation.
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Google → have → explanation
The environmental impact assessment (EIA) is ongoing and expected to be completed later this year.
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assessment → expect → ?
But Google has gone ahead with “extensive preparatory measures”, including removing trees, stripping topsoil and constructing site roads, LVV said.
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LVV → go → roads
Tommi Muilu, head of the environmental department at LVV, said: “In our opinion, the measures in question will change the environment and cause impacts, the identification and assessment of which are among the key objectives of the EIA procedure.”
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identification → say → procedure
If Google does not comply, LVV said it would consider enforcement proceedings and a fine.
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it → comply → proceedings
In response, Google said in a statement “we understand the concerns” and admitted that it had “fallen short of our own high standards”.
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it → say → standards
The company added: “We will study the LVV’s findings and follow their guidance.
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We → add → guidance
We acted in good faith under the Forestry Act, ran nature surveys and put in place measures to protect high-value areas.
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We → act → areas
As we continue our long-term work in the region, we are advancing our landscaping and biodiversity plans, which include tree planting across 130 hectares (321 acres) at Muhos.”
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which → continue → Muhos
Tapani Veistola, chief operating officer at the Finnish Union for Nature Conservation, said the malpractice across two sites appears to be a “systemic problem”.
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malpractice → say → sites
The site at Muhos, he said, is “not a forest any more.
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he → say → Muhos
One of the reasons behind it, he said, is the enormous demand to build datacentres in Finland, which is leading companies to work as fast as possible and overwhelming small municipalities.
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which → say → municipalities
“The main reason behind everything is the overheated market situation that makes companies speed up processes so much.
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companies → make → processes
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