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Norway's grid operator halts new data centre power reservations

Leading the grid operator's restrictions on data centre connections

On 9 November 2026, Norway's state-owned grid operator stopped booking new power capacity for data centres and froze its handling of the approvals that govern how those facilities behave on the network. Statnett's pause runs until 1 August 2027 at the latest.

Updated 2 hours ago

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The temporary pause is needed to put in place instruments and a framework that ensure connection happens with manageable consequences for the power system and system operation.

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Even though the temporary pause in practice only affects data centres, available capacity will not be allocated to other customers if that comes at the expense of data centres ahead of them in the queue.

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