Protests Erupt at Microsoft Data Center Site in Amsterdam Amid Growing Backlash in Europe

11/07/2026

"It's so many things, so many struggles that come together in this data centre," Geef Tegengas spokesman, Nathan Timmer, told AFP

11/07/2026

Opposition to AI data centers has gone beyond local planning meetings. Last Friday, protesters infiltrated a construction site related to Microsoft in Amsterdam, as the protest mounts in 16...

11/06/2026

Protesters have broken into a Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam

11/06/2026

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

11/06/2026

Protesters broke ​into a ‌Microsoft data centre site ​in Amsterdam ​on Friday.

11/06/2026

Campaigners against data centers in Europe are expected to stage protests and other actions in several countries on Friday and Saturday, demanding a moratorium on large-scale developments to...

11/06/2026

More than 100 protesters broke into a data center construction site for Microsoft Corp. in Amsterdam on Friday, part of wider coordinated action planned across Europe against such facilities...

11/06/2026

Dutch police have used tear gas and batons to clear the site, arresting multiple demonstrators Several hundred demonstrators protesting the construction of a Microsoft data center in Amsterdam...

11/06/2026

Separate actions also take place outside fence and across Europe in backlash against impact of AI boomActivists have stormed the site of a Microsoft datacentre being built in Amsterdam, as the...

11/06/2026

Protesting water use, AI, and ties to Israel

11/06/2026

"The only thing this will be used for is AI slop," protester Nathan Timmer said. "AI warfare, data surveillance, and committing genocides. We don’t want that."

11/06/2026

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Protesters broke into a construction site for a new Microsoft data center in Amsterdam on Friday, with some climbing a crane and setting off flares while others...

11/06/2026

Protesters broke into the construction site of a Microsoft ​data centre in Amsterdam at the start of two days of rallies that are part of a growing global ‌backlash.

11/06/2026

Activist groups have announced actions in 16 countries on Friday and Saturday, according to the "Stop Dirty Data Centres" coalition, which is rallying environmental groups and digital rights...