Data centres in Sweden
Oct 2026: 13 projects in the pipeline in Sweden, 6 permitted or being built.New grid connections congested. Wholesale power €43/MWh in 2025.
Pipeline movement, last 12 months
10 milestones ·
99 data centres on record in Sweden
Projects by stage
Who is building in Sweden
Capacity by stage
- Facility power, all stages
- 1,600 MW
- Facility power, under construction
- 0 MW
- Projects
- 13
Stated by each project, . Bases are never added together.
| Stage | IT load, MW | Facility power, MW | Grid connection, MW | Projects |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced | · | 1,150 | · | 4 |
| In planning | · | 150 | · | 3 |
| Permitted | 6 | 300 | · | 2 |
| Under construction | · | · | 8 | 4 |
| In service | · | · | · | 0 |
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Market economics, Stockholm
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- Construction cost
- Premium figure
- EUR m per MW
- Nov 2025
- Business electricity
- Premium figure
- EUR per MWh
- H1 2026
- Permitting
- Premium figure
- months
- Sep 2022
- Staff cost
- Premium figure
- EUR k per FTE a year
- 2020
- Guarding, 24/7
- Premium figure
- EUR k a year
- Apr 2026
Operators in Sweden
What changed
5 milestones since 1 Aug 2026; the newest is from Oct 2026.
Power and grid in Sweden
Congested
New grid connections are congested (Stockholm, transmission). Every country’s grid connections
Over a year, country level
- Grid carbon, latest full-year average
- 35g CO₂/kWh
- 2nd cleanest of 30 countries; 99% renewable or nuclear
- Business electricity price, latest full year
- 89€/MWh
- 3rd cheapest of 26; wholesale is 66% of it
- Wholesale power, 2025 average
- 43€/MWh
- 2nd cheapest of 30
Climate at Stockholm
- Hours a year above 27 °C dry-bulb
- 13h
- mean of 2016 to 2025
- Hours a year above 32 °C dry-bulb
- 0h
- worst year 0 h
- Hours a year above 20 °C wet-bulb
- 39h
- limit for evaporative cooling
Fibre latency from Stockholm
| To | Round trip, minimum | Path length | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helsinki | 3.9 ms | 396 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
| Oslo | 4.3 ms | 438 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Copenhagen | 5.6 ms | 573 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Amsterdam | 12 ms | 1,261 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Frankfurt | 13 ms | 1,292 km | Mapped fibre route |
| London | 16 ms | 1,669 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Paris | 17 ms | 1,707 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Dublin | 19 ms | 1,950 km | Mapped fibre route |
Rules and dates
| Where | Rule | Status |
|---|---|---|
| EU | Reporting duty from 500 kW installed IT power, 7 items and 24 indicators, next report 15 May 2027 | In force |
| EU | Waste-heat use above 1 MW total rated energy input, unless a cost-benefit assessment shows it is not feasible | In force |
| EU | Common rating scheme adopted 21 Sep 2026; in Parliament and Council scrutiny, extended 6 Oct | Adopted, not in force |
Next dates
- 14 Dec 2026the EU Commission’s minimum performance standards consultation and call for evidence closes
- 1 Jan 2027proposed entry into force of Sweden’s draft law on cost-benefit analysis and waste heat use for data centres above 1 MW, if it is adopted
- 15 May 2027EU database and French reports due (every year)
- 11 Oct 2027EU deadline under Article 11 of the Energy Efficiency Directive for a certified energy management system at enterprises above 85 TJ (23.6 GWh) of annual energy consumption
Formal refusals and bans since 2025
No area-wide rule recorded for Sweden.