# Activists break into building site of Microsoft datacentre in Amsterdam

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-11-06T18:51:37+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/06/activists-break-into-building-site-of-microsoft-datacentre-in-amsterdam
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/activists-break-into-building-site-of-microsoft-datacentre-in-amsterda-51fc08/

Separate actions also take place outside fence and across Europe in backlash against impact of AI boom Activists have stormed the site of a Microsoft datacentre being built in Amsterdam, as the backlash to the social and environmental harms of the AI boom spreads across Europe. Protesters from Geef Tegengas, a Dutch direct action group, clashed with police while breaking into a construction site a

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