Protesters enter Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam
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Protesters entered a Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam today, according to MetaEra. The group Geef Tegengas opposes the construction of three 85-meter towers on the city’s outskirts. Around 100 people breached the site, with some climbing cranes to hang banners reading "F* AI" and "Microsoft Enables Genocide." Chants of "Microsoft Must Leave" and "Free Palestine" echoed across the site. The incident raises questions under the EU’s MiCA and CFT frameworks.
Members of the activist group Geef Tegengas hung banners on a crane during the protest. | Photo: Getty Images
This morning, protesters broke into a new Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam. Members of the group Geef Tegengas helped organize the protest against the construction of three 85-meter-tall data center towers in the suburbs of Amsterdam.
Reuters reported that around 100 people entered the construction site, with some climbing cranes and hanging banners reading “Fuck AI.” Protesters also unfurled banners reading “Microsoft Enables Genocide” and chanted “Microsoft Must Go” and “Free Palestine.”
Opposition from Amsterdam to the construction of this new data center emerged more than a year after the city banned new data center construction...
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