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  "id": 18549028,
  "title": "Protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam as Europe's backlash spreads",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/protesters-break-into-microsoft-data-center-site-in-amsterdam-as-18549028",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-06T19:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261107/protesters-break-into-microsoft-data-center-site-in-amsterdam-as-europes-backlash-spreads"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Amsterdam, a protest erupted on Friday as individuals infiltrated the construction site earmmarked for a forthcoming Microsoft data center. Some of the protesters scaled a crane and discharged flares, while others engaged in confrontations with law enforcement. Nathan Timmer of the protest organization Geef Tegengas, which translates to Push Back, revealed to local broadcaster AT5 that the demonstrators were occupying the site with the intention of halting construction activities. Environmental activists across Europe are set to organize protests and other activities on Friday and Saturday, urging a temporary suspension of large-scale projects to address social and ecological worries surrounding energy-intensive facilities. Timmer clarified, \"We don’t want it to be built. Nobody needs it,\" emphasizing their apprehension about the potential utilization of the facility for artificial intelligence applications. He further denounced the data center, stating it would be employed for \"AI slop, AI warfare, data surveillance, and committing genocides,\" and pledged to persist in protests until construction is ceased. Pro-Palestinian activists also participated in the demonstrations in the Dutch capital. By the late afternoon, police were seen escorting activists away from the construction site.",
  "summary": "THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Protesters broke into a construction site for a new Microsoft data center in Amsterdam on Friday, with some climbing a crane and setting off flares while others clashed with police. Nathan Timmer of the protest group Geef Tegengas, a phrase that translates as Push Back, told local broadcaster AT5 that protesters were occupying the site in an effort to stop construction.…",
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        "title": "Activists occupy site of Microsoft data centre in Amsterdam",
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        "title": "Protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam as Europe’s backlash spreads",
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        "published": "2026-11-06T15:57:10.000Z"
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        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "Data center protesters break into Microsoft site in Amsterdam",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/data-center-protesters-break-into-microsoft-site-in-amsterdam",
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