Data centres in Norway
Oct 2026: 19 projects in the pipeline in Norway, 6 permitted or being built.New grid connections paused since 22 Apr 2026. Wholesale power €45/MWh in 2025.
Pipeline movement, last 12 months
17 milestones ·
95 data centres on record in Norway
Projects by stage
Who is building in Norway
Capacity by stage
- Grid connection, all stages
- 1,646 MW
- Grid connection, under construction
- 240 MW
- Projects
- 19
Stated by each project, . Bases are never added together.
| Stage | IT load, MW | Facility power, MW | Grid connection, MW | Projects |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced | 70 | · | 1,406 | 13 |
| In planning | · | · | · | 0 |
| Permitted | · | 36 | · | 2 |
| Under construction | 201 | · | 240 | 4 |
| In service | · | · | · | 0 |
Premium Premium adds the quarterly series and all 19 projects. Frankfurt is open in full with a free account.
Market economics, Oslo
PremiumPremium adds build cost, rents and power prices for Oslo. Frankfurt is open in full with a free account.
- Construction cost
- Premium figure
- EUR m per MW
- Nov 2025
- Business electricity
- Premium figure
- EUR per MWh
- H1 2026
- Grid connection wait
- Premium figure
- years
- 2025
- Staff cost
- Premium figure
- EUR k per FTE a year
- 2020
- Guarding, 24/7
- Premium figure
- EUR k a year
- Apr 2026
Operators in Norway
What changed
5 milestones since 1 Aug 2026; the newest is from Sep 2026.
Power and grid in Norway
Paused
New grid connections are paused (nationwide, transmission, since 22 Apr 2026). Every country’s grid connections
Over a year, country level
- Grid carbon, latest full-year average
- 28g CO₂/kWh
- 1st cleanest of 30 countries; 99% renewable or nuclear
- Business electricity price, latest full year
- 57€/MWh
- 1st cheapest of 26; wholesale is 73% of it
- Wholesale power, 2025 average
- 45€/MWh
- 3rd cheapest of 30
- Cooling degree days
- 0a year
- 10-year national mean
Fibre latency from Oslo
| To | Round trip, minimum | Path length | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockholm | 4.3 ms | 438 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Copenhagen | 4.9 ms | 501 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Helsinki | 7.7 ms | 787 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
| Amsterdam | 12 ms | 1,188 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Frankfurt | 12 ms | 1,219 km | Mapped fibre route |
| London | 15 ms | 1,528 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Dublin | 15 ms | 1,566 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Paris | 16 ms | 1,635 km | Mapped fibre route |
Rules and dates
No dated rule on the calendar for Norway right now.
Formal refusals and bans since 2025
No area-wide rule recorded for Norway.