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Protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam

This protest highlights growing public and environmental resistance in Europe against the physical data center infrastructure required to power AI expansion.

Around 100 protesters from the group Geef Tegengas broke into a Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam, where they scaled a crane and displayed anti-AI and pro-Palestine banners. The demonstration targets the construction of three 85-meter data center towers on the outskirts of the city.

  • Microsoft
  • Geef Tegengas

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