On Tuesday, Berg Municipality met with Cladonia Skog, the company representing Karp. After the meeting, municipal representatives said they felt reassured.
“There are no big plans, absolutely nothing about data centers, nothing about mineral extraction. Quite the opposite: they are keen to preserve the existing forest and improve it if possible,” municipal director Anders Wennerberg told Tidningen Härjedalen.
Municipal council chair Therese Kärngard (S) said the company had stated that the land was purchased for recreation and that Alex Karp wants to ski there, among other things.
“I have no reason to think we would be deceived,” she told P4 Jämtland.
In September this year, it emerged that Alex Karp had purchased nearly 15,000 hectares of forest in Storsjö Kapell for 235 million kronor. Karp is CEO of the controversial AI software company Palantir.
The large purchase has raised concerns about how the land will be used.
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