Clear News | Thursday 10.9.2026

Google. Arapovit. Invasive species. Weather forecast.

Google’s investment in Finland

First, some news about the economy.

Technology company Google is investing 13 billion euros in Finland.

Google executives announced the news yesterday [Wednesday].

Google is building three new data centers in Finland.

They will be located in Vaala, Muhos and Kajaani. Google is also expanding its Hamina data center.

Data centers need a lot of electricity.

That is why Google buys electricity from the Loviisa nuclear power plant, for example.

Many Finns are afraid that the price of electricity will rise.

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo says that the price of electricity will not increase. Orpo says that Finland will increase electricity production.

Google is investing 13 billion euros in Finland.

The major investment will bring thousands of new jobs to Finland.

Now the news about immigration.

Finland plans to deport Russian couple Katja and Sergei Arapov.

The Arapovs have been seeking asylum in Finland for 4 years.

They learned Finnish and got jobs.

The Arapovs are afraid to return to Russia because they oppose the war in Ukraine.

However, the Finnish Immigration Service says that the Arapovs are not in danger in Russia.

Finnish law states that an asylum seeker is not allowed to apply for a work permit.

Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen says that the law does not need to be changed.

Finland plans to deport the Arapov couple from the country.

The conversion to Russia can happen at any time.

Finally, news about alien species.

Scientists take samples of small marine animals in ports.

Harmful alien species enter ports with ships.

The Finnish Environment Institute has discovered more than 10 new species in harbors.

The newest invasive species is the common hawkmoth.

Senior researcher Riikka Puntila-Dodd says that domestic algae blooms are beneficial to bladderwrack.

The new predatory beetle is harmful because it eats beneficial beetles.

Many alien species arrive in ships’ ballast water. The new agreement requires ships to clean their ballast water.

It is still difficult to remove invasive species from the sea.

Still a weather forecast.

On Friday, the sun will shine in Lapland and southwestern Finland.

Elsewhere it will be mostly cloudy.

There may be some rain in Eastern Finland.

The temperature is 10–17 degrees.