Data-center law in Netherlands
National jurisdiction · as of 2026-09-06
The Netherlands has no data-center-specific siting, permitting, or utility statute. A data-center project falls under the general Omgevingswet (Environment and Planning Act) permitting regime: an omgevingsvergunning from the competent authority and, above the thresholds the Besluit milieueffectrapportage sets for construction and industrial projects generally, an environmental impact assessment procedure under Omgevingswet Chapter 16, none of which names data centers as a distinct category.
The Elektriciteitswet 1998, the statute that formerly governed grid-connection duties and congestion management, was repealed effective 1 January 2026. Its successor, the Energiewet, and the current grid-connection and congestion-management framework it sets, a live constraint on new large-load connections including data centers, remain uncharacterized here.
Instruments on record
No data-center law on record for this jurisdiction yet. Absence of a record here is a coverage gap, not a finding that the jurisdiction has no law.
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