# About 100 protesters enter Microsoft data centre construction site in Amsterdam

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/protesters-break-into-microsoft-data-center-site-in-amsterdam/
- Published: 2026-11-06T13:19:23+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T13:32:17+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/news/1028549/protesters-microsoft-data-center-site-amsterdam
- Topics: Software

## Key points

- About 100 protesters entered Microsoft’s Amsterdam data centre site.
- The project includes three towers, each 85 metres tall.
- The demonstration reflects wider opposition to data centre expansion.

## Summary

Around 100 protesters entered the construction site of a new Microsoft data centre in Amsterdam, with some climbing a crane to hang an anti-AI banner. The demonstration, organised with the Geef Tegengas group, adds to growing opposition to data centre expansion and to Microsoft’s role in technology that protesters say supports Israel’s military campaign.

The project involves three 85-metre towers, with Microsoft as the sole tenant. It is proceeding under plans dating to 2016, despite Amsterdam’s ban on new data centres until 2030; British developer Pure Data Centres navigated loopholes to bring the site to construction. The protest follows demonstrations at data centres in Dublin and elsewhere in Europe, amid broader opposition to data centre development and Microsoft’s recent decision to abandon a major UK project over delayed power supply.

## Coverage

- [The Verge: About 100 protesters enter Microsoft data centre construction site in Amsterdam](https://www.theverge.com/news/1028549/protesters-microsoft-data-center-site-amsterdam)
- [CNA: Activists breach Microsoft data centre construction site as protests spread in Europe](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/activists-breach-microsoft-data-centre-construction-site-protests-spread-in-europe-6531336)

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