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Surging Dutch Public Resistance to Hyperscale Data Centers Pushes the Government Toward Stricter Environmental Regulations

Violent protests at the Microsoft construction site in Amsterdam mark a significant escalation in public resistance to the physical footprint of the digital economy, likely forcing the Dutch government to implement much stricter environmental regulations on future Artificial Intelligence infrastructure projects.
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