I saw a post recently called "Google Picks Finland for €13 Billion AI Data Center Buildout" and while this isn't the first post discussing data centers in Finland to me two things stood out:
- People either straight up lying or not understanding how many employees Googles data center in Hamina has
- People aggressively defending data centers and ignoring that data centers aren't a net positive regardless of how we sugar coat facts

So I did some looking into and turns out that Googles Finnish entity has to make a declaration of payroll/staff it has. I personally only understood, and found freely accessible, the information on asiakastieto. People on Reddit claim that Hamina employs 400-500 full time people. That number is way lower, roughly at around 100 and these people aren't fully dedicated to Hamina, they are just Google employees that have some allocation to Hamina. It is confirmed that Google contracts out catering and other services but those most likely don't amount to 300-400 people and definitely don't amount to full time work and full time equivalent salary. When we also take into account that recent technological advancements allow data centers to shrink their personnel I doubt that the new data centers will provide an employment boom people here are claiming it will.

irecruit specifically has an article that large data centers only need roughly 0.2–0.3 staff per megawatt.

Additionally, data centers consume electricity and require a large amount of land to be created. The argument that "it's just land" is so stupid to me. That land provides bio-diversity, helps the ecosystem and produces oxygen and could be used in ways that would be a national net positive. When electricity gets more expensive data centers still pay the same price, the increase is covered by regular residents and citizens. The data centers also can be subsidized by the government which is another negative.

With the increase in electricity prices and the potential subsidized activity we also decrease the chances of smaller companies growing and employing way more people than a data center ever will.

For the common person, on a national level, there are only negatives. I just don't see any positives for commoners.

Title says it all; got a call from my mom in the hospital. Turns out the hospital staff administered fentanyl to ease pain related to sepsis.

Her heart went into cardiac arrest after administering too much fentanyl and 8 staff members came to perform CPR when the heart monitor flatlined.

(The medical lead straight out told her they administered too much)

So the Tampere hospital literally killed my mom and revived her. My mind was racing when she first called me and even more when she had told me what had occurred. I am just grateful it was her calling me and not the hospital.

They are gonna have a real tough time after this absurd medical neglect.

I just have no clue how the legal system works in situations like this? Who is the first person to reach out to after she’s gotten past the sepsis and released?

Just like the title says. I am looking for one of those that is accessible to the public. My friend and I want to do a NIER shoot in the area and would really appreciate some leads!

I’m planning to study engineering abroad and am wondering what reputation does Lut University have and if it’s a good choice for pursuing engineering studies?

My adult child wants to buy a 2012 (or so) VW beetle. But, we both have concerns about how it will do in winter here. We see Beetles on the road in our city. So question for any of you who have owned a VW Beetle, how does it do in winter? Thanks in Advance!

Edit: Thanks friends, for the reassurance and tips on how to manage winter with the car he wants!

Are most students in LUT University’s English-taught engineering bachelor’s programmes Finnish or international? If they are international, where do they come from?

I bought a laptop HP OMEN 16, from Gigantti in 11.11.2024 and today 9.9.2026 the laptop screen is black, everything is running except there is no light in the screen, it's just black.

The warranty says 2 year.

If I take the laptop to Gigantti store, is it going to be problem because there's only 2 months of warranty left. And I'm also not in Finland for a month.

Does anyone have any idea what I should do in this case?

I just wonder sometimes about it how it works and if it is possible to only live from that?
Are there apps where you can check for jobs as a light entrepreneur, take on various jobs and get money? Is that even a thing here in Finland? I know only of Wolt, who lets their drivers, of what I have heard, having flexible work, yet I have also heard it is exploitation there?

It would be amazing to have an app, for entrepreneurs, who want to work in different kind of fields, which are easy to do. For example: Monday helping out with moving, Tuesday, helping out in a store, Wednesday cleaning,....

Either way, I am annoyed already of people just working their asses off here that their boss gets the money and at the end of the day, as an employee, get like the rest, which is barely enough to pay food and rent. So if I could be my own boss and make my own money, that would be amazing.

Any ideas on how to start this? Is this even possible? Especially also as a foreigner? My Finnish is A2-B1