Finnish town braces for change from Google data centres
Muhos: In the northern Finnish town of Muhos, 36-year-old farmer Joni Pitkanen is preparing for life with a new neighbour — just kilometers away, tech giant Google is planning to build new data centres.
The planned data centres are part of an announced 13-billion-euro ($15-billion) investment in Finland over the next two years — the US tech giant’s single biggest investment in Europe.
A few kilometers down the gravel road that passes by Pitkanen’s farm, the forest has already been cut down on land acquired by Google, with excavators now clearing the ground and rumbling trucks shuttling back and forth to the construction area located next to major power lines.
