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Activists break into Microsoft data centre site in Amsterdam

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More than 100 activists broke into a Microsoft data centre construction site in Amsterdam on 6 November, protesting the project and its environmental impact. Some climbed a crane and set off flares, while others clashed with police. Police arrested between 150 and 200 people, according to various estimates. The action was organised by the group Geef Tegengas, which opposes the construction of three 85-metre data centre towers in the Sloterdijk district. Protesters also unfurled banners against artificial intelligence and accused Microsoft of involvement in the war in Gaza. Protests also took place in other European cities, including Bristol, Berlin, Warsaw and Zagreb. The "Stop Dirty Data Centres" coalition announced protests in 16 countries, demanding a pause in large-scale data centre construction over threats to water supplies, power grids and climate goals. According to Reuters, police initially tried to block the demonstration but were outnumbered as protesters broke through barriers.

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Outlets: 29. Countries: 13. Facts in the shared core: 7.

Publication timeline

  1. · Channel NewsAsia (outlet profile)

    Protesters enter Microsoft data centre site in Amsterdam

  2. · Times of India (outlet profile)

    Climate activists storm Microsoft data centre site in Amsterdam, several arrested

  3. · Times of India (outlet profile)

    Microsoft data centre site in Amsterdam 'attacked'. On November 6, protestors stormed a Microsoft data centre construction site near Amsterdam, raising concerns about power usage. The activist group Geef Tegengas argues…

  4. · The Verge (outlet profile)

    Protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam. 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…

  5. · Channel NewsAsia (outlet profile)

    Activists breach Microsoft data centre construction site as protests spread in Europe

  6. · ТАСС (outlet profile)

    AT5: в Амстердаме демонстранты проникли на стройплощадку дата-центра Microsoft. Митингующие выступают против добычи полезных ископаемых и призывают к полному переходу на возобновляемые источники энергии, сообщает телека…

  7. · Business Insider (outlet profile)

    Anti-AI protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam. Activists scaled the fences of a Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam and unfurled anti-AI banners.

  8. · El Economista (outlet profile)

    Activistas irrumpen en obras del centro de datos de Microsoft mientras protestas se extienden por Europa. Unos manifestantes irrumpieron este viernes en las obras de un centro de datos de Microsoft en Ámsterdam, al inic…

  9. · Tanjug (outlet profile)

    Više od 100 aktivista upalo na gradilište Majkrosoftovog AI data centra u Amsterdamu

  10. · Politika (outlet profile)

    Побуна против дата центара у Холандији: грађани упозоравају на енергетску и еколошку штету. Организатори упозоравају да велики дата центри троше огромне количине електричне енергије и воде, угрожавају климатске циљеве и…

  11. · Euronews (outlet profile)

    Netherlands: Protesters storm Amsterdam data centre construction site. Protesters broke into a data centre construction site intended for Microsoft in Amsterdam, on 6 November, climbing cranes and unfurling banners deno…

  12. · Africanews (outlet profile)

    Netherlands: Protesters storm Amsterdam data centre construction site. Protesters broke into a data centre construction site intended for Microsoft in Amsterdam, on 6 November, climbing cranes and unfurling banners deno…

  13. · Al Jazeera (outlet profile)

    Protesters break into Microsoft AI data centre site in Amsterdam. More than 100 activists broke into a Microsoft data centre construction site in Amsterdam.

  14. · News.ru (outlet profile)

    Сотни протестующих «захватили» площадку дата-центра Microsoft. Около 500 демонстрантов проникли на стройплощадку центра обработки данных Microsoft в портовой зоне на западе Амстердама, сообщил телеканал AT5 со ссылкой н…

  15. · DW (Deutsche Welle) (outlet profile)

    Data center protesters break into Microsoft site in Amsterdam. Protesters are demanding a pause in data center construction in Europe. Campaigners planning protests in 16 countries say the AI building boom threatens wat…

  16. · Российская газета (outlet profile)

    В Амстердаме активисты ворвались на стройплощадку дата-центра Microsoft. Около 100 протестующих ворвались на строительную площадку центра обработки данных Microsoft в Амстердаме. Полиции пришлось применить силу. Некотор…

  17. · Dawn (outlet profile)

    Activists breach Microsoft data centre construction site as protests spread in Europe. Protesters broke into the construction site of a Microsoft data centre in Amsterdam on Friday at the start of two days of rallies th…

  18. · The Guardian (outlet profile)

    Activists break into building site of Microsoft datacentre in Amsterdam. Separate actions also take place outside fence and across Europe in backlash against impact of AI boom Activists have stormed the site of a Micros…

  19. · Corriere della Sera (outlet profile)

    Protesta ad Amsterdam per il nuovo data center di Microsoft: scontri tra manifestanti e polizia. Irruzione in un cantiere dove è previsto l'avvio dei lavori per la costruzione di un nuovo data center di Microsoft

  20. · The National (Scotland) (outlet profile)

    Protestors break into Amsterdam data centre site as AI backlash spreads. PROTESTORS have broken into a construction site for a new Microsoft data centre in Amsterdam, with some climbing a crane and setting off flares wh…

  21. · Handelsblatt (outlet profile)

    Niederlande: Protest gegen Microsoft-Rechenzentrum in Amsterdam – viele Festnahmen. Hunderte dringen auf die Baustelle eines Microsoft-Rechenzentrums in Amsterdam vor, die Polizei nimmt bis zu 200 Menschen fest. Was tri…

  22. · Politika (outlet profile)

    Протести против дата-центара захватили Европу, активисти упали на градилиште у Амстердаму. Протести против изградње дата-центара одржани су и у Бристолу, Берлину, Варшави и Загребу

  23. · N1 Srbija (outlet profile)

    Demonstranti upali u kompleks Majkrosoftovog centra za podatke u Amsterdamu. Demonstranti su danas upali na gradilište novog centra za podatke kompanije Majkrosoft (Microsoft) u Amsterdamu, a neki od njih popeli su se n…

  24. · Beta (outlet profile)

    Demonstranti upali u kompleks Majkrosoftovog centra za podatke u Amsterdamu. Demonstranti su danas upali na gradilište novog centra za podatke kompanije Majkrosoft (Microsoft) u Amsterdamu, a neki od njih popeli su se n…

  25. · Insajder (outlet profile)

    Demonstranti upali u kompleks Majkrosoftovog centra za podatke u Amsterdamu. Demonstranti su danas upali na gradilište novog centra za podatke kompanije Majkrosoft (Microsoft) u Amsterdamu, a neki od njih popeli su se n…

  26. · Danas (outlet profile)

    Demonstranti upali u kompleks Majkrosoftovog centra za podatke u Amsterdamu. Demonstranti su danas upali na gradilište novog centra za podatke kompanije Majkrosoft (Microsoft) u Amsterdamu, a neki od njih popeli su se n…

  27. · El Financiero (outlet profile)

    Manifestantes toman centro de datos de Microsoft en Ámsterdam para frenar la obra; chocan con policías. Grupos de manifestantes irrumpieron en una obra de construcción de un nuevo centro de datos de Microsoft en Ámsterd…

  28. · Al Jazeera (outlet profile)

    Protesters break into Microsoft data centre site in Amsterdam. Data centres face protests across Europe due to the massive amounts of computing power and water they use.

  29. · RT - Daily news (outlet profile)

    Protesters storm Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam (VIDEOS). Demonstrators protesting the erection of a Microsoft data center in Amsterdam have breached the construction site and clashed with police R…

  30. · Channel NewsAsia (outlet profile)

    Protesters break into Microsoft data centre site in Amsterdam as Europe’s backlash spreads. The demonstrations come days after the US midterm elections ushered in a wave of Democrats promising to clamp down on data cent…

  31. · Al Jazeera (outlet profile)

    Protesters storm site of Microsoft’s planned Amsterdam data centre. Activists in Amsterdam have stormed the site of a proposed Microsoft data centre. Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports.

  32. · O Globo (outlet profile)

    Obra de centro de processamento de dados para IA da Microsoft é invadido em Amsterdã; entenda protestos. Manifestantes invadiram um data center (centro de processamento de dados) da Microsoft em construção em Amsterdã,…

  33. · Middle East Eye (outlet profile)

    'It would facilitate Gaza genocide': Protesters storm Microsoft planned site. 'It would facilitate Gaza genocide': Protesters storm Microsoft planned site Several hundred activists occupied the construction site of a pl…

  34. · France 24 (outlet profile)

    AI Data centres face growing backlash. Democrats are also calling for tighter regulation of AI data centres, a concern shared across Europe. In Amsterdam, several hundred activists occupied the site of a planned Microso…

  35. · Alo! (outlet profile)

    Haos u Amsterdamu! Demonstranti upali na gradilište Majkrosofta, lomili i krali, policija udarala pendrecima, oko 200 uhapšenih! (FOTO/VIDEO). Holandska policija saopštila je da je uhapsila između 150 i 200 demon…

Factual core

  • Protesters entered a Microsoft data centre construction site in Amsterdam.
  • Some protestors climbed a crane at the Amsterdam data centre construction site.
  • The protest in Amsterdam was part of a broader campaign against data center construction.
  • The protest is part of a broader backlash against artificial intelligence (AI).
  • The incident occurred in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Organizers said data centers threaten climate goals.
  • The data center is part of Microsoft's AI infrastructure expansion.

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