--- title: ‘We used acid to sabotage Microsoft hyperscale data... description: Climate activist group Extinction Rebellion carried out a sabotage action against a Microsoft hyperscale data centre construction site in Amsterdam's port... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/we-used-acid-to-sabotage-microsoft-hyperscale-data-centre-construction--rf8f816zy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: ‘We used acid to sabotage Microsoft hyperscale data centre construction’ | daily.dev og:description: Climate activist group Extinction Rebellion carried out a sabotage action against a Microsoft hyperscale data centre construction site in Amsterdam's port... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/we-used-acid-to-sabotage-microsoft-hyperscale-data-centre-construction--rf8f816zy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rF8f816Zy.png og:image:alt: ‘We used acid to sabotage Microsoft hyperscale data centre construction’ og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ‘We used acid to sabotage Microsoft hyperscale data centre construction’ **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Climate activist group Extinction Rebellion carried out a sabotage action against a Microsoft hyperscale data centre construction site in Amsterdam's port area, throwing balloons filled with a chemical mixture (hydrogen peroxide, acetic acid, salt, and acrylic paint) intended to weaken concrete foundations and accelerate steel corrosion. The action is part of a growing movement in the Netherlands and globally opposing large AI-focused data centres, citing their massive energy and water consumption. A single Microsoft facility in the Dutch town of Middenmeer reportedly accounts for 1% of all electricity use in the Netherlands. According to Data Center Watch, at least 75 data centre projects worth ~$130 billion have been disrupted by local opposition in the US in 2026 alone. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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