Google illegally demolished an estimated 250,000 trees in Finland to make way for a data center, leaving behind a lifeless mud wasteland that forced packs of wolves into a nearby town in search of food and infuriated locals, according to a report.
Google illegally demolished an estimated 250,000 trees in Finland to make way for a data center, leaving behind a lifeless mud wasteland that forced packs of wolves into a nearby town in search of food and infuriated locals, according to a report.
I feel so bad for the wildlife 😟
Depending on density, that’s only a square mile worth of trees. In my area, 250,000 would be the low end of a square mile, probably closer to 1/2 to 3/4. Don’t get me wrong, it’s bad, but every solar farm in NW Florida is far larger than that. (Someone will point of the difference in use cases. Don’t. I get it.)
Its 330 hectares (815 acres), as it is written in the article
That’s 1.27sqmi.