Dutch police arrest up to 200 in Microsoft data centre protest
Police said some detainees were found with items suspected of being stolen from the site, while others were suspected of damaging property.
Dutch authorities have made between 150 and 200 arrests over a protest at the site of a new Microsoft data centre in Amsterdam, according to German Press Agency reports. The demonstration, organized by climate and civic campaign groups Fossielvrij NL and Geef Tegengas, took place to protest the substantial energy consumption of data centres.
Fossielvrij NL aimed to draw attention to the environmental impact of these facilities. However, some activists from Geef Tegengas breached security measures by using tools to force entry into the construction site. Dutch police instructed protesters to surrender their tools before entry into a designated demonstration area, but some protesters disregarded the order and unlawfully entered the site.
Law enforcement deployed batons against the demonstrators, as captured by television footage. Geef Tegengas claimed this incident marked Europe's first mass protest against large data centres.
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