Video taking off 41x its usual first day

Protesters enter Microsoft construction site in Amsterdam

DRM News footage shows demonstrators climbing a crane and police blocking further entries into the data center compound.

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DRM News Story of November 7, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 53,322 views a day, 40 times a normal first day on this channel (1,316).

Around 100 Protesters Break Into Microsoft Data Centre Site as Amsterdam Protest Escalates | AC1B

A gap in the metal fence becomes an entry point: demonstrators push through and crawl into a Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam in footage posted by DRM News.

The channel reports that around 100 protesters entered the compound. Wearing blue jumpsuits, many with their faces covered, demonstrators gather inside with banners. Others climb a construction crane and unfurl a vertical banner above the site.

"The data center has to go!" protesters chant. A banner inside the compound accuses Microsoft of powering genocide. DRM News's separate live coverage also describes opposition to data center expansion over energy and water use, environmental impact and the growth of artificial intelligence.

The footage moves between the occupation and the perimeter, where Dutch police rush toward people climbing the fence and push them back. Later, demonstrators march along a street beside a police van. The final sequence shows officers escorting detained individuals toward a transport vehicle.

The short report drew about 45,000 views in its first 17 hours, far above the usual start for DRM News's Shorts. The channel also posted a separate live feed of the construction-site protest.

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