芬兰当地时间10月6日星期二，一项芬兰当局下达命令，要求暂停谷歌在该国两处数据中心项目的施工，直至完成强制性的环境影响评估。
A Finnish authority on Tuesday, October 6, ordered work on two of Google's data center sites in the country halted until mandatory environmental impact assessments have been completed.
这家美国科技巨头在9月份宣布，将投资130亿欧元（约150亿美元）在芬兰建设数字基础设施，以支持其在未来两年内的AI野心。谷歌将位于穆霍斯、瓦拉、卡雅尼和哈米纳市的数据中心项目称为其在欧洲投资的最大单笔投资。
The US tech giant announced in September a €13 billion ($15 billion) investment in digital infrastructure to power its AI ambitions in Finland over the next two years. Google has called the data center projects in the municipalities of Muhos, Vaala, Kajaani and Hamina its single biggest investment in Europe.
但芬兰监督机构（LVV）表示，它要求代表谷歌的Tuike芬兰公司“立即暂停，最迟不超过2026年10月23日，对穆霍斯和卡雅尼 planned data center projects相关的所有可能显著改变环境的准备措施”。该机构正在调查Tuike芬兰公司是否在穆霍斯和卡雅尼无许可地清伐了数百公顷的森林。当法新社上周访问穆霍斯项目现场时，芬兰自然保护协会主席汉娜·哈尔梅恩帕说道：“应该受到保护的自然景点已被伐林，伐区面积超过300公顷。”
But the Finnish Supervisory Agency (LVV) said it had demanded that Tuike Finland, a company representing Google, "immediately suspend, and no later than 23 October 2026, all preparatory measures that would significantly alter the environment in connection with the planned data center projects in Muhos and Kajaani." The agency has been investigating whether Tuike Finland cleared hundreds of hectares of forest in Muhos and Kajaani without a mandatory environmental impact assessment. When Agence France-Presse visited the Muhos site last week, Hanna Halmeenpaa, the chair of the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, said "nature sites which should be preserved" had been logged in a deforested area of more than 300 hectares.
Tuike芬兰公司必须在10月14日之前提供解释，并详述其后续行动计划。若未能遵从要求，该机构表示可能启动“执法程序”。据LVV环境部门主管托米·穆伊卢介绍，已有树木被砍伐，表土被剥除，施工道路和储存区域已建成，沟渠也被改变。
Tuike Finland must provide an explanation and detail how it intends to proceed by October 14. If it fails to comply with the demand, the agency said it may initiate "enforcement proceedings." According to Tommi Muilu, the head of LVV's environment department, trees have been removed, topsoil stripped, site roads and storage areas constructed and ditches altered.
谷歌发言人Sondre Ronander承认该公司的缺点。他在发给法新社的一份声明中表示：“我们理解人们的担忧，但在这种情况下没有达到我们自己的高标准。”“我们将研究LVV的调查结果并遵循他们的指导。他补充说，该公司“本着诚意行事”并实施了环境调查和措施。“随着我们继续在该地区的长期工作，我们正在推进我们的景观美化和生物多样性计划，其中包括在Muhos种植130公顷的树木，”Ronander说。
Google spokesman Sondre Ronander acknowledged the company's shortcomings. "We understand the concerns and have fallen short of our own high standards in this instance," he said in a statement sent to AFP. "We will study the LVV's findings and follow their guidance." He added the company had "acted in good faith" and implemented environmental surveys and measures. "As we continue our long-term work in the region, we are advancing our landscaping and biodiversity plans, which include tree planting across 130 hectares at Muhos," Ronander said.
芬兰环境和气候部长Sari Multala表示，由于环境评估的问题，谷歌的项目可能会被推迟。在周日接受《赫尔辛基日报》采访时，她说，如果该公司及其分包商像声称的那样行事，那将是“一个严重的问题”。
Finland's Minister of the Environment and Climate Sari Multala said Google's projects will likely be delayed due to the problems with the environmental assessments. In an interview with newspaper Helsingin Sanomat on Sunday, she said it was "a serious matter" if the company and its subcontractors acted as claimed.