Microsoft data centre site in Amsterdam cleared of activists
Activists occupied the Microsoft data centre building site in Amsterdam on Friday morning. By the afternoon, riot police had cleared it and arrested demonstrators who refused to leave.
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Illustrative photo: Can Pac Swire / CC BY-SA 2.0The ME (riot police) entered a building site in Amsterdam's western port (westelijke haven) on Friday and cleared it by the afternoon. Activists had occupied the site that morning. Microsoft is building a data centre there.
Police said they were arresting dozens of demonstrators who would not leave the site voluntarily. Several police vehicles drove onto the site, and officers dragged some demonstrators away.
The site is in the port area in the west of the city. By the afternoon the occupation had ended and the building site was cleared.
The action group Geef Tegengas also occupied the site earlier this summer.
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