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.

  • im_fine_sandy@nord.pub
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    13 days ago

    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.

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      13 days ago

      But they’ll be fine because Google has the money to cushion them for their professional sacrifice

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        13 days ago

        Will Google have a reason to do that though? Won’t they just leave the contractors to fend for themselves?