AI data centres face growing backlash in US and Europe

Democrats are calling for tighter regulation of AI data centres, while in Amsterdam several hundred activists occupied the site of a planned Microsoft data centre.

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2026-11-07 09:39 · France 24 — Artificial Intelligence
AI Data centres face growing backlash

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