Protesters Enter Microsoft Data Center Site in Amsterdam

The size of the group remains approximate. The Verge, citing Reuters, reported that around 100 people entered the site, while Al Jazeera put the figure at more than 100 activists. The differing estimates do not establish a precise participant count, but both accounts describe a large intrusion at the construction project.

Reports described participants scaling fences, while Euronews said protesters climbed cranes. Business Insider and other outlets reported that demonstrators unfurled messages opposing artificial intelligence or the data center development. The Verge reported that members of the Geef Tegengas group helped organize the action.

The construction project itself was described by The Verge as plans for three data center towers, each 85 meters high. That detail places the protest within a dispute over the scale of the infrastructure being built, although the supplied reports do not provide further project information or a response from Microsoft.

The action also reflects a wider campaign against European data center expansion. Deutsche Welle reported that campaigners were demanding a pause in construction and argued that the AI-related building boom could put pressure on water supplies and power grids and threaten climate goals. Those concerns were presented as campaigners’ claims in the reporting, rather than as independently verified findings in the supplied material.

Euronews additionally reported that some banners alleged Microsoft was involved in the war in Gaza. That allegation is not independently substantiated in the available material, while the central message consistently documented across the reports was opposition to artificial intelligence and data center expansion. The supplied sources do not establish whether arrests, injuries or property damage occurred during the protest.