Data-center law in Slovakia
National jurisdiction · as of 2026-09-06
Slovakia has no data-centre-specific siting, permitting, or utility statute. A data-centre project can seek regional investment aid under Act No. 57/2018 Coll. on Regional Investment Aid as a technology centre or a business-services centre, two of the Act's four eligible investment categories, without the Act naming data infrastructure as a distinct priority sector of its own.
Grid connection is governed by the general non-discrimination duty in Act No. 251/2012 Coll. on Energy, which requires a distribution system operator to offer non-discriminatory connection conditions and to justify any refusal, rather than by a rule addressed to large-load or data-centre connections specifically.
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Instruments on record
2 instruments on record, grouped by the family of approval each one governs.
Energy and grid
What authorizations govern grid connection and onsite generation?
Energy Act, Non-Discriminatory Grid Connection
In force
Act 251/2012 Coll. (zakon o energetike), ss. 11, 35
Effective 2012-09-01 · Applies to both
Section 11 requires a system operator to give a reason for any refusal to enter into a grid-connection agreement, and to tell an applicant which technical or commercial connection conditions are unmet and what would need to change for the connection to proceed.
Section 31(2)(b) requires a distribution system operator to secure non-discriminatory connection conditions for users of the distribution system, without favouring an undertaking that belongs to the same vertically integrated group as the operator.
Section 35(1)(d) gives a final electricity consumer, which includes a data-centre operator drawing power as an end user, the right to be connected to the grid once its electrical installation meets the applicable technical and commercial connection conditions, subject to the capacity-constraint provisions of sections 11 and 31.
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Public agreements
What fiscal agreements attach a data center to its host jurisdiction?
Regional Investment Aid Act
In force
Act 57/2018 Coll. (zakon o regionalnej investicnej pomoci)
Effective 2018-04-01 · Applies to both
Act No. 57/2018 Coll. sets Slovakia's general regime for regional investment aid, available as a subsidy toward eligible costs (section 10), an income-tax relief (section 11), or a transfer or lease of real property below its assessed value (section 13). Section 5 defines four categories of eligible investment: industrial production, expansion of an existing establishment, and two others defined by function.
One eligible category is a technology centre carrying out development or innovation of technically advanced products, technologies, or production processes. A second eligible category is a business-services centre providing centralised support services such as information technology, accounting, or legal services.
The Act does not name a data centre or data infrastructure as a distinct investment category, so a data-centre project's eligibility turns on whether it fits the technology-centre or business-services-centre definition or another category, on the ordinary terms available to any qualifying investor.
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