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Dozens of activists occupied a Microsoft data-centre construction site in Amsterdam on Friday, despite a ban on the protest. Riot police intervened as demonstrators climbed fences, while others reached scaffolding and a crane.
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Dozens of activists occupied the construction site of a Microsoft data centre in Amsterdam on Friday, after climbing over the perimeter fence and cutting an opening in it, according to a report by Nieuws.nl citing ANP. The mayor had banned the protest, and police and riot police were present in large numbers.
The activists belong to the group Geef Tegengas. A reporter at the site saw riot police use batons and pepper spray as they intervened while activists climbed the fences. About 30 protesters remained outside the site, the report said.
Some activists climbed onto scaffolding and a crane and hung a banner reading “down with datacentre, fuck AI”. Slogans were also sprayed on concrete foundations. No work was taking place at the site on Friday.
Dozens of activists had occupied and blockaded the construction site in June, the report said.
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