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Google’s €13bn Finland push transforms and divides a quiet rural town

A €13 billion Google data centre investment is set to transform the Finnish municipality of Muhos and the wider Oulu region. While many locals welcome new jobs and economic activity, environmental campaigners say more than 300 hectares of forest were cleared without a required assessment.

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00:21The investment is a huge investment in Europe.
00:27and all Europe, the average of 13 billion dollars in the Google market,
00:33and we can only talk about the next two years,
00:35so we can understand everything,
00:37that this will change the whole country and the whole country.
00:45The campaign is so great,
00:47that it is really hard to understand,
00:52even though we are here like this.
00:56It has been very positive,
01:00that we can get a living here,
01:05and that it is a big company,
01:07and that it is also possible to bring other companies around the world,
01:11and hopefully,
01:12and that it feels like this small country like this.
01:24In my opinion, we should focus on this project,
01:29when we determine whether this is a plan.
01:34If we don't, we should check the results and then we should continue.
01:39What do you think about this project?
01:51and how we can be able to protect the energy flow,
01:54as it comes to others.
01:55This is not necessarily the same thing,
01:59but when these projects are around Finland...

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