tl;dr: Finnish authorities have ordered Google to halt construction on two datacentres in Muhos and Kajaani after the company cleared over 500 hectares of forest without completing required environmental impact assessments. The sites, part of a €13bn Finnish datacentre expansion, were reportedly reduced to "sand" through tree removal, topsoil stripping, and road construction. Google acknowledged it "fell short" of its standards, while conservationists blame an "overheated" datacentre market and under-resourced municipalities for the systemic oversight.