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

Google’s €13 billion data centre investment is expected to reshape Muhos and the wider Oulu region through new jobs and economic activity. Many locals welcome the development, while environmental campaigners say more than 300 hectares of forest were cleared without a required assessment.

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