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Finland's environmental authorities ordered Google to suspend construction on two data centers after contractors cleared protected forests without proper authorization. The October 2 accusations alleged Google illegally destroyed a massive forest for the project in the region known as the "Texas of Europe." By October 7, Finnish regulators issued an official halt order, citing violations of environmental protections as contractors had paved over forestland that should have remained untouched. The suspension marks a significant setback for Google's data center expansion plans in the Nordic country.