Protesters breach Microsoft data centre construction site in Amsterdam, several arrested

The protest targeted a large Microsoft data centre under construction on the edge of Amsterdam. Demonstrators broke into the site on Friday, November 6, according to The Next Web.

Electricity demand was among the objections. Times of India Top Stories reported that the activist group Geef Tegengas argues the centre will strain local electricity supplies. The supplied coverage does not quantify the project's expected power use.

On November 6, demonstrators pushed through the site's fences. nu.nl reported that dozens of people tried to enter the construction area and broke through the fencing.

About 100 people made it onto the site, according to a Reuters witness account carried by The Next Web. That estimate describes those who entered, rather than the total size of the demonstration.

Members of Geef Tegengas put a banner on a crane during the protest, The Verge - All Posts Tech reported. The supplied coverage does not establish exactly when that happened relative to the breach.

Police used pepper spray, according to nu.nl, while The Times of India reported several arrests. The available reports do not give a detailed sequence linking the police response and the arrests.

Several arrests have been reported, but the supplied coverage gives no exact total or information about charges. It also does not establish whether protesters remain inside the construction site.

The reports document a breach and a police response, but do not say whether construction stopped, whether equipment was damaged or whether the project's timetable has changed.

The immediate unanswered questions are how many people were arrested, whether any face charges and whether work at the site has been affected. The supplied coverage also contains no response from Microsoft to the activists' electricity concerns.