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Amsterdam Microsoft Site Breached as European Data Centre Protests Spread

The Amsterdam action has brought a coordinated European campaign into sharper focus, with mass arrests and demands to pause large data centre projects over environmental and social costs.

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Chapters · 2

  1. 1Protesters breach Microsoft data centre construction site in Amsterdam, several arrested
  2. 2Amsterdam Microsoft Site Breached as European Data Centre Protests Spread

Key moments · 7

Campaign announces European actions demanding data centre moratorium

Netzpolitik ↗

More than 100 groups prepare protests across 15 countries

AI - The Guardian ↗

Protest targets Microsoft project over electricity supply concerns

Times of India Top Stories ↗

Protesters breach fences at Amsterdam construction site

nu.nl ↗

Geef Tegengas members place banner on crane

The Verge - All Posts Tech ↗

Several arrests reported following data centre protest

The Times of India ↗

Reports describe several hundred activists occupying site

Middle East Eye ↗

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  1. Protests across Europe to call for freeze on new large data centres - Euronews.com
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  4. Activists across Europe prepare two days of protests against datacentres
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  1. London, Paris, Berlin: Action Against Data Centers Goes Europe-Wide This Weekend
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  2. London, Paris, Berlin: Europaweite Proteste gegen Rechenzentren am Wochenende
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