Thursday, 5 March, 2026
Meta puts plans to build data centre in Netherlands on hold
By Basit Ansari
<p>Facebook owner Meta, following political resistance, announced on Tuesday that it was delaying plans to build a massive data center in the Netherlands. The decision comes a week after the Dutch Senate passed a motion requesting that Prime Minister Mark Rutte's cabinet "exercise its powers" to halt the building of the site near Zeewolde, 50 km from Amsterdam. The town had previously authorised plans to create the Netherlands' largest facility of its sort in December.</p>
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