Anti-AI protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam
Activists scaled the fences of a Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam and unfurled anti-AI banners.
Anti-AI activists have breached a Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam, unfurling banners against artificial intelligence. The activist group Geef Tegangas organized the protest, highlighting growing backlash against data centers beyond the United States. Protesters scaled fences, climbed a crane, and released flares inside the site, with some congregating within.
Geef Tegangas spokesperson Roos Molenaar stated that hundreds of supporters were blocking construction, expressing opposition to the project's environmental impact and potential misuse of technology for surveillance and military purposes. Microsoft has not yet commented on the incident.
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