Data-center law in Slovenia

National jurisdiction · as of 2026-09-07

A data-center project in Slovenia is governed by the general permitting regimes applicable to any comparable industrial or commercial facility, not by a dedicated statute.

The Environmental Protection Act (Zakon o varstvu okolja, ZVO-2) requires an operator to hold an environmental permit before operating an installation the Government designates as causing industrial emissions, and separately requires a project's proponent to complete an environmental impact assessment, or first a screening procedure, before beginning an intervention that could significantly affect the environment.

The Building Act (Gradbeni zakon, GZ-1) requires a final building permit before new construction, reconstruction or a change of use of a structure, obtained on the investor's own application.

The Spatial Management Act (Zakon o urejanju prostora, ZUreP-3) was read in full and confirmed by title, but its clearest siting-related tool, the location-verification procedure of Article 138, is an optional, investor-initiated request to deviate from an existing spatial plan rather than a general duty binding every developer, so it is not recorded as an instrument here.

The national energy statutes (Energetski zakon EZ-2, Zakon o oskrbi z električno energijo ZOEE, Zakon o učinkoviti rabi energije ZURE, and Zakon o spodbujanju rabe obnovljivih virov energije ZSROVE) were not reached in this review, so generation licensing, grid-connection and self-supply duties, and any national data-center energy-reporting rule, are not covered here.