Google is evil, sure, but the Finnish government sold the land in first place. I'm all for condemning an evil corporation, but why are we letting these government officials off the hook? Do we seriously think the government was surprised when they found out what Google did? Would people be less pissed if the deforestation had happened after the permits had been issued?

Finland should kick Google out of the country for this. I'm sure many want to.

I don't know all of the specifics but it couldn't have been an invasion. Some Finnish authorities must have allowed this american company within it's borders. Americans are gonna america.

What I don't get is the need for 1,300 acres. That's a shit load of surface area, about 325 Walmart buildings.

Whou could have seen that coming.....

For such a land purchase, maybe the intended purpose and plans should be approved before the sale so they couldn't go, oops. It's easier to pay a fine later than get approval first so this type of people will keep doing it wherever they want to and still be wealthy and free from the rules. They can and have cut communications to countries at their whim.

Build highbrise datacenters. Less foot print ans much cheaper to air cool. 50 floors up build heat pipes all thé way up into a huge aluminium dissipator.