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AI data centre expansion: Climate activists occupy Microsoft site in Amsterdam

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AI data centre expansion: Climate activists occupy Microsoft site in Amsterdam

Ha234R28 AI data centre expansion: Climate activists occupy Microsoft site in Amsterdam AI data centre expansion: Climate activists occupy Microsoft site in Amsterdam The Hindu 163 16:9 Hundreds of climate activists occupied a Microsoft data centre construction site in Amsterdam on November 6, bringing work to a halt. The protesters raised concerns over the massive electricity and water requirements of AI data centres and their potential environmental impact.

Police arrested between 150 and 200 demonstrators, according to Dutch news agency ANP. The protest was part of a wider European mobilisation demanding a pause in new data centre construction.