Data-center law in Norway

National jurisdiction · as of 2026-09-12

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Since January 2025, Norway has required data-centre operators to register with Nkom under the Electronic Communications Act (ekomloven); no separate data-centre siting, permitting, environmental-review, water-utilities, construction or air-operations statute specific to data centres, and no data-centre-specific investment-incentive scheme, has been located.

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Instruments on record

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

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Electronic Communications Act, Data-Centre Operator Registration Duty

In force

Ekomloven (Electronic Communications Act), data-centre operator registration duty in force from January 2025

Applies to both

Since January 2025 a registration duty for data-centre operators has applied under the Electronic Communications Act (ekomloven), administered by Nkom. It reaches an operator that offers others access to data-centre services for payment, and an operator that runs a data centre with a subscribed electric power capacity above a set threshold value.

The purpose stated by Nkom is to give the authorities an overview of the data-centre industry comparable to the electronic-communications industry; the duty is a pure registration requirement, not a permit or approval scheme, and an operator may begin activity as soon as registration is completed. Registration is made electronically with Nkom.

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