Finnish police said on Thursday they had launched a criminal investigation into suspected breaches of environmental law at the construction site of a planned Google data centre in northern Finland.
Finnish police said on Thursday they had launched a criminal investigation into suspected breaches of environmental law at the construction site of a planned Google data centre in northern Finland.
What if they knew, and did it anyways as fast as they could because the fine is nothing but the cost of doing business to them. Slap on the wrist, the trees are already dead, building it anyways shut up or Trump/the US will make you’re life terrible if you complain.
I think that’s the point. For Google billions is the cost of doing business. For the contractors it could be criminal negligence which means personal liability.
But they’ll be fine because Google has the money to cushion them for their professional sacrifice
Will Google have a reason to do that though? Won’t they just leave the contractors to fend for themselves?
For google its a slap on the wrist, for a construction contractor you might just bankrupt them out of existence with a big enough fine.
They were probably paid way more to clear it than fines would amount to.