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# Activists occupy Microsoft data centre site in Amsterdam
- URL: https://www.nupath.eu/activists-occupy-microsoft-data-centre-site-in-amsterdam/
- Published: 2026-11-08T07:03:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-08T07:03:02.000Z
- Author: Christian Triantafillou Schade
- Tags: News, Netherlands, #source_France-24

Hundreds of activists occupied the site of a planned Microsoft data centre in Amsterdam as part of a two-day protest across Europe against AI data centres over energy and water concerns. The demonstrations reflect growing opposition to large-scale data centre expansion in Europe. **(FRANCE24)**

[AI Data centres face growing backlashDemocrats are also calling for tighter regulation of AI data centres, a concern shared across Europe. In Amsterdam, several hundred activists occupied the site of a planned Microsoft data centre as part of a two-day protest taking place across the continent. Jennie Shin reports.![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=https://www.france24.com/en/ai-data-centres-face-growing-backlash&sz=64)France 24![](https://s.france24.com/media/display/7b12b7e0-da8e-11f1-96c8-d18c5759e759/w:1280/p:16x9/EN-20261107-100946-101139-CS.jpg)](https://www.france24.com/en/ai-data-centres-face-growing-backlash?ref=nupath.eu)