Protesters climb a construction fence at a Microsoft data centre site in Amsterdam
Activists scale a temporary construction fence at the site of a new Microsoft datacentre in Amsterdam. Photograph: Michel Van Bergen/AP
Activists scale a temporary construction fence at the site of a new Microsoft datacentre in Amsterdam. Photograph: Michel Van Bergen/AP
Activists break into building site of Microsoft datacentre in Amsterdam

Separate actions also take place outside fence and across Europe in backlash against impact of AI boom

Activists have stormed the site of a Microsoft datacentre being built in Amsterdam, as the backlash to the social and environmental harms of the AI boom spreads across Europe.