This undated photo provided by Google shows a Google data center in Hamina, Finland. The Washington Post is reporting Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, that the National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world. The Post cites documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and interviews with officials. (AP Photo/Google)
Apple, Facebook and Google are facing calls to help pay for wind parks needed to power their planned datacentres in Denmark.
The companies have chosen the Nordic country, partly because of its abundant supply of green electricity. But a new report suggests that the datacentres will consume so much power that local authorities may have to resort to more fossil fuels to cover demand.
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