Protesters break into Microsoft AI data centre site in Amsterdam
More than 100 activists broke into a Microsoft data centre construction site in Amsterdam, climbing cranes and hanging anti-AI banners. This marks the start of two days of coordinated protests across 16 countries against the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure.
Protesters are demanding a pause in data center construction in Europe. Campaigners planning protests in 16 countries say the AI building boom threatens water supplies, power grids and climate goals.
‘May every data centre crumble to dust!’ CJ Reay quilted so hard all summer that now he needs glasses.
The Executive Director of the Data Protection Commission (DPC), Dr Arnold Kavaarpuo, has urged African countries to take control of their data to protect their digital sovereignty. The lecture was attended by the Deputy Rector of GIMPA, Prof. Ebenezer Adaku, who chaired the event; the Dean of SOTSS, Prof. Emmanuel Sarkodie Adabor; and the Dean of Students, Prof. Augustina Akonnor.
Anarchistic activists who dress in black and clash with police are a regular feature of protests from France to Albania.
Global markets are being roiled due to concerns over US data centre expansion and AI regulation.