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Google is accused of destroying nearly 500 football fields of forest for new data center project - before the required environmental review was complete

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Google is accused of destroying nearly 500 football fields of forest for new data center project - before the required environmental review was completehttps://www.gadgetreview.com/google-is-accused-of-destroying-nearly-500-football-fields-of-forest-for-new-data-center-projectOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
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Dr. Wesker
lemmy.sdf.org

500 football fields

They had to put it into measurements Americans would understand.

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FallenWalnut
lemmy.world

There have been a few (justified) comments on the use of 500 football fields, not an actual measurement.

It is 300 hectares or 3 km2

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one_old_coder
piefed.social

500 US football fields or soccer fields? What is the surface compared to a large African elephant?

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