Activists breach Microsoft data centre construction site as protests spread in Europe
More than 100 activists entered the site and climbed a crane as police made several arrests during a coordinated European protest campaign.
- Protesters broke into a Microsoft data center construction site near Sloterdijk in Amsterdam on Friday, demonstrating against the project approved by provincial officials in January.
- Activist group Geef Tegengas wants construction stopped, arguing the site will consume as much electricity as every Amsterdam household combined and slow building of 30,000 new homes.
- Some protesters breached fences and climbed construction cranes to enter the site. A Reuters witness reported about 100 people inside, while a Geef Tegengas spokesperson claimed about 500 had entered.
- After the mayor banned the demonstration, riot police were deployed and made several arrests. Organizers accused police of behaving badly and ignoring the right to protest.
- This action is part of two days of European protests planned November 6 and 7. The site was previously targeted in July by Extinction Rebellion activists throwing paint-filled balloons.
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Data center protesters break into Microsoft site in Amsterdam
Protesters broke into the construction site of a Microsoft data center in Amsterdam on Friday, climbing cranes and hanging balloons while police stood by. The action opened two days of planned protests in 16 countries, with campaigners demanding a pause in major artificial intelligence data center construction over concerns about electricity, water and environmental damage. What happened in Amsterdam? More than 100 activists gathered at the site…
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Social unrest with artificial intelligence also breaks out in Europe. More than a hundred people have stormed on Friday the works of a data center that the American giant Microsoft is building in Sloterdijk, on the outskirts of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands.
Protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam as Europe’s backlash spreads – WTOP News
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Protesters broke into a construction site for a new Microsoft data center in Amsterdam on Friday, with some climbing a crane and setting off flares while others clashed with police. Nathan Timmer of the protest group Geef Tegengas, a phrase that translates as Push Back, told local broadcaster AT5 that...
Protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam as Europ
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Protesters broke into a construction site for a new Microsoft data center in Amsterdam on Friday, with some climbing a crane and setting off flares while others clashed with police. Nathan Timmer
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