Anti-AI protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam

Protesters climbed the fence of a Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam. Koen Van WEEL / ANP / AFP via Getty Images Protesters have broken into a Microsoft Amsterdam data center construction site and unfurled anti-AI banners. The activist group Geef Tegengas said it had organized the protest. The protest highlights that the rising backlash against data centers isn't just a US issue. Protesters broke into a Microsoft data center construction site on the outskirts of Amsterdam on Friday during an anti-AI demonstration. Images on social media show activists scaling fences and congregating inside the construction site. Some of them climbed a crane, unfurled a banner with an anti-AI message, and let off flares. Geef Tegengas, a Dutch activist collective, said on social media that it organized the action and that hundreds of its supporters were blocking construction of the site.