A Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam was broken into by at least 100 protesters on Friday morning. The protesters flew a “Fuck AI” banner and chanted “free Palestine” among other leftist slogans.
\n\nAround 100 protesters made it onto the construction site, located just on the outskirts of the Dutch capital, according to a report by Reuters.
\n\nSome of the protesters reportedly scaled a crane to display a “Fuck AI” banner, while others unfurled a “Microsoft powers genocide” banner on the construction site. They also chanted “Microsoft has got to go” and “Free Palestine.”
\n\nThe protest against the erection of three nearly 280 feet data center towers was co-organized by members of the Geef Tegengas group, a report by The Verge.
\n\nOpposition to the facility arrives more than a year after Amsterdam imposed a ban on additional data centers until 2030, which itself followed a temporary stop announced in late 2023.
\n\nThe new data center will reportedly have Microsoft as its sole tenant, and and is continuing under plans dating back to 2016, prior to the ban. The facility, being built by British developer Pure Data Centres, has also found ways around some regulations according to critics.
\n\nThe protest…
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