Climate activists storm Microsoft data centre site in Amsterdam, several arrested
Members of the action group Geef Tegengas put a banner on a crane during a protest. | Image: Getty Images Protesters have broken into a construction site of a new Microsoft data center in Amsterdam this morning. Members of the Geef Tegengas group helped organize the protest against the construction of three 85-meter data center towers in the outskirts of Amsterdam. Reuters reports that around 100 people made it into the construction site, with some scaling a crane to place a "fuck AI" banner. Pr
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The Next Web (XX): Protesters broke into the construction site of a large Microsoft data centre on the edge of Amsterdam on Friday, during a demonstration agai
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Times of India (IN): Protesters stormed a Microsoft data centre construction site on the outskirts of Amsterdam on Friday during a demonstration against the faci
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