# Protesters Block Microsoft Data Center in Amsterdam

> Amsterdam activists storm Microsoft site to halt AI data center construction.
- Title: Protesters Block Microsoft Data Center in Amsterdam · Futurism
- Summary: Amsterdam activists storm Microsoft site to halt AI data center construction. Anti-AI activists blocked Microsoft's Amsterdam data center construction…
- Keywords: amsterdam, microsoft, geef tegengas, ai data center, gaza genocide, extinction rebellion, Futurism
- Source: Futurism — https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/protestors-microsoft-data-center-construction
- Author: Joe Wilkins
- Published: 2026-11-06T16:54:46+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: amsterdam, microsoft, geef tegengas, ai data center, gaza genocide, extinction rebellion, science, technology
## Amsterdam Protesters
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.
## Key takeaway

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