Microsoft's Netherlands AI data center construction site hit by protest
Over a hundred activists entered the construction site of Microsoft's new AI data center in the Netherlands to protest power and water consumption. Dutch police arrested approximately 150 to 200 people, highlighting environmental controversies surrounding the expansion of AI infrastructure.
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