Facebook owner Meta halts Dutch data centre plan as opposition grows

Objections to the Meta data centre focus on environmental concerns and whether its construction would clash with the country’s national vision for sustainability.

Facebook owner Meta Platforms has paused plans to build a large data centre in the Netherlands after the tech giant faced increasing opposition from the government.

Meta said it had been invited in 2019 by the local, provincial and national governments to consider a data centre investment in the Netherlands in the region of Zeewolde.