Data-center law in Greece

National jurisdiction · as of 2026-09-07

Greece has no data-centre-specific siting, permitting, or utility statute. A data-centre project is subject to Greece's general environmental licensing framework, Law 4014/2011 (FEK A' 209, 21.09.2011), which classifies public and private projects and activities into impact-based categories across twelve activity groups fixed by a Ministerial Decision, none of which names data centres or digital infrastructure as a distinct activity.

Greece's strategic-investments fast-track regime, its spatial-planning code, and its general energy-market statute governing electricity licensing are not described here. The recast Energy Efficiency Directive's data-centre reporting duty is recorded at EU level for this topic; a Greek transposing instrument for it, if adopted, is not described here either.

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Instruments on record

1 instrument on record, grouped by the family of approval each one governs.

Environmental review

What impact review must precede approval, and who leads it?

Law 4014/2011, Environmental Licensing of Projects and Activities

In force

Law 4014/2011 (Nomos 4014/2011), FEK A' 209/21.09.2011

Effective 2011-09-21 · Applies to both

Law 4014/2011 (FEK A' 209, 21.09.2011) applies to the environmental licensing of projects and activities of the public and private sector. Projects and activities are classified into subcategory A1, subcategory A2, and category B, across twelve numbered activity groups fixed by Ministerial Decision 1958/2012 (FEK B' 21/2012). Subcategory A2 covers projects and activities likely to cause significant environmental effects.

Category B covers projects and activities characterized by local and non-significant environmental effects.

The twelve groups reach land and air transport, hydraulic works, port works, environmental infrastructure systems, extractive activities, tourism and urban-renewal projects, livestock facilities, aquaculture, industrial installations, renewable energy, energy and fuel transport, and special projects and activities, organized by activity type; none of the twelve group headings names a data centre or a digital-infrastructure facility.

A category B project does not require submission and evaluation of an Environmental Impact Study, and instead follows Standard Environmental Commitments built into its construction, installation, or operating permits.

Source: Full text of law

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