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Protesters opposing data centers carry signs during a protest in Dublin city centre, Ireland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026. | Photo: AP/Peter Morrison
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A banner is displayed during a demonstration in Hornchurch, London, against plans to build a data center in the borough of Havering, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026. | Photo: AP/Alberto Pezzali
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People gather to demonstrate against data centers in front of Microsoft's data center in Lille Skensved, Denmark, Saturday Nov. 7, 2026. | Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP
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A demonstrator holds a banner during a protest in Hornchurch, London, against plans to build a data center in the borough of Havering, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026. | Photo: AP/Alberto Pezzali
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A young girl wears a board reading in Spanish: "More cats, less data centers" during a protest against data center developments in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026. | Photo: AP/Francisco Seco
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People take part in a protest against data center developments in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026. Board on the left reads in Spanish: "Spain is not a slaughter zone". | Photo: AP/Francisco Seco
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Protesters hold up signboards as they march calling for a freeze on data centers in Corbehem, France, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026. | Photo: AP/Jean-Francois Badias
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Protesters hold signs reading "What is the true COST of this investment?”, “Let’s not let the world drown in AI slop!” and “Water consumption: 1 data centre = 3,000 people. And they tell US to save water?!” during a protest against data centers in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Claudia Ciobanu
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A banner reads “Two data centers, 35 metres from our homes! Prime Minister Tusk, help!!!” during a protest against data centers in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Claudia Ciobanu
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In this image made from video, protesters wearing scarves over their faces climb over a temporary construction fence at the site where a new Microsoft data center is being built, in Amsterdam, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. | Photo: AP
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In this image made from video, protesters wearing scarves over their faces climb over a temporary construction fence at the site where a new Microsoft data center is being built, in Amsterdam, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. | Photo: AP
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Anti-data center demonstrators hold signs during a protest in front of a data center in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi
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A protester holds an anti data center sign during a protest in front of a data center in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi
