That's just the Muhos site. Another 200 hectares at the Kajaani site.
Much of Finland's forest cover is planted forests which tend to be lower in biodiversity. But the controversy here is that Google also cut down a lot of really rare (and legally protected) native forests.
Most of the lost Amazon forest was coverted into agricultural land to raise cattle and grow soybeans (to later feed pigs). It had nothing to do with data centers.
That's just the Muhos site. Another 200 hectares at the Kajaani site.
Much of Finland's forest cover is planted forests which tend to be lower in biodiversity. But the controversy here is that Google also cut down a lot of really rare (and legally protected) native forests.
Which is enormous. Doing this for ten datacenters would be 0.01%, etc.
This is essentially how 20% of the Amazon rainforest was completely destroyed, with up to another 33% seriously degraded.
Most of the lost Amazon forest was coverted into agricultural land to raise cattle and grow soybeans (to later feed pigs). It had nothing to do with data centers.