Activists Scale Abandoned Factory to Paint Giant "No Data Center"

Turin, Italy – Climate activists climbed and rappelled down the walls of an abandoned factory outside Turin under cover of darkness, painting a giant "No Data Center" message on the building where Italy's biggest data center could be built.

Extinction Rebellion released footage on October 22 showing its members scaling the former ILTE printing plant in Moncalieri at night, hanging from ropes as they paint huge red letters onto the facade. By daylight, the words "No Data Center" stretch across the top of the building, visible from the nearby highway, while "Stop Tech Fascism" is painted on a side wall and a banner reading "Fermare l'ecocidio" ("Stop the ecocide") hangs from a third.