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Protesters Block Microsoft Data Center in Amsterdam

Amsterdam activists storm Microsoft site to halt AI data center construction.

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Nov 6, 2026

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Protesters Block Microsoft Data Center in Amsterdam

Amsterdam activists storm Microsoft site to halt AI data center construction.

In brief

Amsterdam activists storm Microsoft site to halt AI data center construction. Anti-AI activists blocked Microsoft's Amsterdam data center construction, claiming it fuels Gaza genocide and AI exploitation. Originally reported by Futurism.

Amsterdam Protesters

A protester holds a flare on the roof of a Microsoft data centre under construction above a banner reading Microsoft Powered Genocide in Amsterdam in the Nether

Anti-AI activists flooded onto Microsoft's unfinished data center campus in Amsterdam on Friday.

“fck ai”

Geef Tegengas Statement

The group claims Microsoft fuels genocide in Gaza and war on Iran through AI data centers.

“we won't accept amsterdam being used for the creation of ai slop and the facilitation of genocide”

Microsoft Data Center Protest

Activists blocked construction and scaled a crane, lighting smoke bombs and affixing a banner.

The main idea

Anti-AI activists blocked Microsoft's Amsterdam data center construction, claiming it fuels Gaza genocide and AI exploitation.

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