Police launch criminal investigation into Google data centre works
Finnish police have launched a criminal investigation into preparatory work at Google's planned data centre in Muhos, northern Finland, over suspected environmental damage. The investigation follows concerns about drainage and water management at the site, where the company cleared hundreds of hectares of forest before completing environmental assessments. The Oulu Police Department announced on Thursday that it had begun investigating activities carried out by Tuike Finland, Google's Finnish subsidiary, following a request from the Finnish Supervisory Agency (LVV).
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[Claude] All three reports cover the same Finnish police criminal probe into Google data centre site preparation, and none contradicts Report 1's facts.
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