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Re:Google is illegaly cutting forest to build data centers by skort on Monday October 12, 2026 @12:19AM (#50051340)
Assuming that you're correct and it is a monoculture plantation, they did not remove trees to make space for planting other species, they removed trees to make space for a data center.
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Re:Google is illegaly cutting forest to build data centers by usef- on Monday October 12, 2026 @03:04AM (#50052401)
If the translation is correct, Finland converted about 14,000 hectares of forest in the 2010s per year (without replacement), and cut about 173,000 hectares per year in general (with replacement).

I suspect how much people think this was an honest mistake with their 330 hectares (apparently following the forestry rules but missing EIA) will depend on people's priors.

1. https://ilmastopaneeli.fi/hallinta/wp-content/uploads/2025/1...

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Re:Google is illegaly cutting forest to build data centers by bamboozled on Monday October 12, 2026 @08:51AM (#50055721)
This is the correct way to frame it.
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