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Wolves roam into Finnish villages after Google destroys 1,300 acres of forest for AI data centers — forest where wolf packs used to live is now an expanse of mud (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

If you own any land, the construction and layout on that still needs a permit. Eg: You can't build a house of your desired floors even in a residentially zoned plot on 100% of the land.

Before you begin construction, you need to file the plan with an architect and get it approved.

Owning a land isn't a carte blanche certificate

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago

    Right, but none of this applies to Google. Owning land is absolutely carte blanche to do whatever they want for these arrogant and massive international corporations. They've demonstrated this over and over. Those trees were doomed the moment the Finnish government sold it.

    They knew what they were doing. If they didn't, they're incompetent. Either way they should lose their next elections over this, or resign.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago

    Naw, move to an unzoned county anywhere in the US, you can build how you like. Insurance might not be doable, but you can work around that.

    In Kansas you can even build your own elevator still.

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