Data-center law in Sweden
National jurisdiction · as of 2026-09-06
Sweden has no data-center-specific siting, permitting, or energy-tax statute; a data-center project is governed by Sweden's general utility, land-use, and environmental-permitting law.
Ellagen (1997:857) requires a licensed grid operator (nätkoncessionshavare) to connect an electrical facility to its line or grid on objective, non-discriminatory, and otherwise reasonable terms when the facility's holder requests connection, and requires that a connection fee be set to cover the operator's reasonable connection costs, with particular regard to the connection point's geographic location and the contracted capacity there, a term directly relevant to a data center's large electricity draw.
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Instruments on record
1 instrument on record, grouped by the family of approval each one governs.
Energy and grid
What authorizations govern grid connection and onsite generation?
Ellagen 4 kap. 1, 10 §§, Duty to Connect to the Electricity Grid
In force
Ellag (1997:857) 4 kap. 1, 10 §§
Effective 2022-07-01 · Applies to both
A holder of a grid concession (nätkoncession) must, on objective, non-discriminatory, and otherwise reasonable terms, connect an electrical facility to its line or grid where the facility's holder requests connection, which reaches a data center seeking a grid connection on the same terms as any other electricity user.
A connection fee must be set so that it covers the grid operator's reasonable costs for the connection, with particular regard given to the connection point's geographic location and the contracted capacity (avtalad effekt) at that point, a factor directly relevant to a data center's electricity demand. The current wording of both provisions took effect on 1 July 2022 under Lag (2022:596).
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