Data-center law in Tuvalu

National jurisdiction · as of 2026-09-07

Tuvalu has no data-centre-specific siting, permitting, or utility statute; a foreign-funded data-centre project would route through the general approval-facilitation framework of the Foreign Direct Investment Act 1996.

No dedicated environmental-review or energy-grid statute is confirmed: the Tuvalu Electricity Corporation's own governing Act has not been located, and its legislative history includes a Tuvalu Electricity Corporation (Repeal) Act 2011 that a Tuvalu Electricity Corporation (Repeal) Act 2013 in turn repealed, leaving its current force unclear without further primary text.

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Instruments on record

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

Public agreements

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Foreign Direct Investment Act 1996

In force

Foreign Direct Investment Act 1996 (Act No. 5 of 1996)

Applies to both

The Act establishes a seven-member Foreign Investment Facilitation Board, chaired by the Secretary to Government, to receive and consider any foreign direct investment proposal that seeks government participation, an exemption from Tuvalu law, or the grant of a licence or permit.

Section 5(2) requires a proposal received by the government to be forwarded to the Board within 14 days, section 7 requires the Board to submit its findings and recommendations to the Minister in a written report, and section 8 directs the Minister, on that report, to instruct the Board to liaise with the relevant Ministry so that a recommended licence or permit is granted in a timely manner, referring the matter to Cabinet if 30 days pass without action.

The Act creates no data-centre-specific incentive and does not name information technology or data infrastructure as a distinct sector; a data-centre project with foreign capital would be routed through this Board-facilitation process rather than a dedicated licensing regime. Section 1 defers the Act's commencement to a date the Minister appoints by notice, and no such notice has been located.

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