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Opinion: Google annihilates protected flying-squirrel habitat in Finland

Google cleared about 530 hectares of Finnish forest without approval. Rapacious? Sure. Unusual for a hyperscaler? Hardly.

Stephen M. Saunders MBE Oct 26, 2026 3:30pm