Dan Jørgensen

Rule Changes

Lead political owner of the roadmap

Data centres are on track to drive more than a fifth of electricity demand growth across advanced economies by 2030. On June 3, the European Commission published its plan to handle that surge: a multi-year roadmap that puts AI models in charge of running Europe's grid.

Updated Jun 3

Built World

In office since December 2024

The European Commission allocated €650 million on January 28, 2026, for 14 cross-border energy projects—including the first-ever construction grant for hydrogen storage infrastructure. Germany's Gronau-Epe facility, which will store hydrogen in underground salt caverns, received €120 million. The Baltic states, which permanently disconnected from Russia's electricity grid just weeks earlier, received €113 million for critical infrastructure protection.

Updated May 23