# Switzerland Protests Big Tech Data Centre

> Greenpeace unrolls massive banner targeting Big Tech outside Swiss data centre site.
- Title: Switzerland Protests Big Tech Data Centre · euronews
- Summary: Greenpeace unrolls massive banner targeting Big Tech outside Swiss data centre site.
- Keywords: greenpeace, stack infrastructure, beringen, switzerland, big tech, data centre, environmental protection, electricity, water resources, euronews
- Source: euronews — https://euronews.com/video/2026/11/06/switzerland-giant-banner-targets-big-tech-outside-data-centre-site
- Published: 2026-11-06T17:25:04+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: greenpeace, stack infrastructure, beringen, switzerland, big tech, data centre, environmental protection, electricity, water resources, news, world, politics
## Protest Unfurls
Greenpeace activists unfurled a giant 26-by-26-metre banner outside a data centre construction site in Beringen, northeastern Switzerland, on Friday 6 November 2026.
## Banner Message
The banner featured images of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos with the slogan 'Big Tech Bros suck our water, electricity, data'.

> Big Tech Bros suck our water, electricity, data
## Environmental Concerns
Greenpeace warns the two Beringen data centres could consume one and a half times the annual electricity of canton Schaffhausen and require substantial water for cooling.
## Key takeaway

Greenpeace protesters unfurled a 26-by-26-metre banner outside a STACK Infrastructure data centre in Beringen, Switzerland, demanding environmental regulations for new data centres.