Finland Orders Google to Pause Two Datacentre Sites

“The Guardian reports Finland has ordered Google to halt work on two datacentres, in Muhos and Kajanni, after it skipped the required environmental impact assessments.” — Gloria Vance, on air

On air: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on Market Hours
Published 2:34 PM ET, Tuesday, October 6, 2026

At a glance

First reported by The Guardian: “Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 2:34 PM ET on Market Hours, by Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Finland, Google.
BBN covered this story before: Applied Digital eyes up to 1 gigawatt of AI power in Finland (October 6).

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The GuardianGoogle told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns

What BBN said about it

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Guardian reports Finland has ordered Google to halt work on two datacentres, in Muhos and Kajanni, after it skipped the required environmental impact assessments.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA thirteen billion euro project, and nobody did the homework. I've seen embassies with better paperwork, and I was thrown out of those.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the cloud got a stop-work order. I assumed clouds were exempt. Brock would know.