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Protesters storm Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam

On Friday, around 100 activists breached fencing at an unfinished Microsoft data center campus near Amsterdam, halting construction, while hundreds more protested outside. Some demonstrators climbed a construction crane, set off smoke bombs, and hung a banner reading 'fck AI.' The action was organized by Geef Tegengas, a Rotterdam-based climate justice direct-action group.

Activists storm Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam

About 100 protesters, organized by the Geef Tegengas group, broke into the construction site of a planned Microsoft data center in Amsterdam, with some climbing a crane to hang a banner reading 'fuck AI' and another declaring 'Microsoft powers genocide.' Protesters chanted slogans against Microsoft and in support of Palestine at the site, which is being built by Pure Data Centres under a project approved before Amsterdam's 2030 ban on new data centers.