Data centres / Denmark
Data centre projects in Denmark
These are the data-centre projects of 5 MW or more in Denmark that our pipeline tracker follows: 8 projects, 2 of them permitted or already being built. Of these, 1 is under construction, and 2 are still at the announcement stage.
Projects tracked8whole country
Permitted or being built26 announced or in planning
Largest stated project550 MWPrime Data Centers ESB01, campus
Newest milestoneOct 2026latest check 11 Oct 2026
Projects by stage
- Announced2
- In planning4
- Permitted1
- Under construction1
What the capacity figures measure
- Facility, campus or unstated basis2
- Grid connection1
- First phase only1
- No capacity published4
Each project’s capacity is quoted on the basis its source gives, so the figures are never added together.
What changed
5 milestones in the last 90 days. The newest source check was on 11 Oct 2026; each row below shows its own.
- Oct 2026atNorth DEN02 (sector coupled data centre and greenhouses at Krageris) varde City Council approved the planning basis (local plan 24.10.L03 and municipal plan supplement) for the site on 6 October 2026; a four week complaint period follows Permitted
- Oct 2026Varde Park datacenter at Varde Syd varde Kommune is processing the developer's application to expand the data centre area and held an information meeting on 1 October 2026 to form a dialogue group In planning
- Sep 2026Stender data centre on Lolland lolland Kommune held a public meeting on the planned data centre, with a municipal planner presenting the project In planning
- Aug 2026Dansk Data Center 1 (DDC1) groundbreaking ceremony held on 13 August 2026 Under construction
- Aug 2026Datacenter ved Stovstrup (Projekt MARK) call for ideas and proposals with environmental screening opened on 24 August 2026, followed by a public meeting on 31 August 2026 In planning
Projects
Across Denmark 8
| Project | Capacity | Stage and latest milestone | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dansk Data Center 1 (DDC1)Thylander Group with PensionDanmark and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CI Microgrid Electrification Fund)Port of Esbjerg (NATO port), Esbjerg | 12 MWgrid connection through grid operator N1DataCenter-Insider (June 2025) reported a campus starting at 10 to 20 MW with long term expansion to 100 MW or 200 MW; these figures are not used as the row capacity. The W.Media headline says Copenhagen but the body places the site in Esbjerg. | Under construction Groundbreaking ceremony held on 13 August 2026, Aug 2026 | DataCenter-Insidertrade press, Jun 2025Checked 11 Oct 2026 |
| atNorth DEN02 (sector coupled data centre and greenhouses at Krageris)atNorthKrageris, north of Ølgod, Varde Kommune | 500 MWcampus total power capacity (up to); first phase 60 MWatNorth's Danish Q&A page gives up to 500 MW total and a 60 MW first phase. Varde Kommune's project page gives no MW figure and describes up to 225,000 m2 of data centre on about 174 hectares. | Permitted Varde City Council approved the planning basis (local plan 24.10.L03 and municipal plan supplement) for the site on 6 October 2026; a four week complaint period follows, Oct 2026Expected: atNorth expects to start construction of the first phase in Q4 2026 | Ingeniørenpress, Oct 2026Checked 11 Oct 2026 |
| Datacenter ved Stovstrup (Projekt MARK)DCS (DCS Development)Stovstrup, Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune | Not disclosed | In planning Call for ideas and proposals with environmental screening opened on 24 August 2026, followed by a public meeting on 31 August 2026, Aug 2026 | Ingeniørenpress, Jun 2026Checked 11 Oct 2026 |
| Microsoft Western Denmark regionMicrosoftEsbjerg and Varde | Not disclosedDescribed as Microsoft's largest single investment in Denmark | In planning Varde council decided to start local plan work for Microsoft's sites north of Tinghøj and between Lunde and Nørre Nebel, Jun 2026 | Varde Kommuneauthority, Sep 2026Checked 11 Oct 2026 |
| Stender data centre on LollandStenderLolland Kommune (Lundegårdsvej area; Rødby and Nakskov named in reporting) | Not disclosed114 hectares of fields and a 328,000 m2 building area reported; end tenant not disclosed. | In planning Lolland Kommune held a public meeting on the planned data centre, with a municipal planner presenting the project, Sep 2026 | Ingeniørenpress, Sep 2026Checked 11 Oct 2026 |
| Varde Park datacenter at Varde SydVarde ParkVarde Syd, between Varde town and Søndre Plantage, Varde Kommune | Not disclosedSite area 111.5 hectares. Local plan 23.03.L08 (2021) already zones about 37 ha for data centres; the row describes the expansion now under application. | In planning Varde Kommune is processing the developer's application to expand the data centre area and held an information meeting on 1 October 2026 to form a dialogue group, Oct 2026 | Varde Kommuneauthority, Oct 2026Checked 11 Oct 2026 |
| Prime Data Centers ESB01Prime Data Centers with Brunswick Real EstateEsbjerg | 550 MWcampusFirst phase 160 MW of IT capacity | Announced Project announced, Mar 2026Expected: Construction could start in 2027, subject to an environmental impact assessment | W.Mediatrade press, Mar 2026Checked 10 Oct 2026 |
| Garbe Data Centers Business Park FalsterGarbe Data CentersBusiness Park Falster, Nordfalster, Guldborgsund Kommune | 350 MWcapacity as reported, basis not statedIngeniøren does not say whether 350 MW is IT load or total power; investment of up to DKK 20 billion attributed to Guldborgsund Kommune. | Announced Guldborgsund Kommune agreed to sell 35 hectares of commercial land in Business Park Falster to the developer, Nov 2025 | Ingeniørenpress, Nov 2025Checked 11 Oct 2026 |
Power and grid in Denmark
The latest hour, DK1 bidding zone
Grid carbon intensity (estimate)85 g CO2e/kWhsame hour yesterday 62
Day-ahead price228 €/MWhwholesale, not what a site pays
Renewable share of generation93 %
Best four hours for flexible load12:00Mon 12 Oct to 16:00, local time
Updated 11 Oct 2026, 15:59 UTC; refreshed every 10 minutes. Denmark grid hour by hour, next 48 hours
Over a year, country level
Grid carbon, 2025 average100 g CO2/kWh7th cleanest of 30 countries; 94% renewable or nuclear
Business electricity price, 2025176 €/MWh18th cheapest of 26; wholesale is 53% of it
Wholesale power, 2025 average83 €/MWh8th cheapest of 30
Annual figures from Ember (wholesale prices and grid carbon, CC BY 4.0) and Eurostat (business prices), as used by the siting cost ranking. Production-based average carbon, not marginal.
Climate at Copenhagen
Hours a year above 27 °C dry-bulb30 hmean of 2016 to 2025
Hours a year above 32 °C dry-bulb0 hworst year 0 h
Hours a year above 20 °C wet-bulb40 hlimit for evaporative cooling
ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus) at the city’s grid cell, from the market comparison; a site’s own conditions differ.
Fibre latency from Copenhagen
| To | Round trip, minimum | Path length | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 3.9 ms | 396 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Oslo | 4.9 ms | 501 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Stockholm | 5.6 ms | 573 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Amsterdam | 6.8 ms | 690 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Frankfurt | 7.1 ms | 721 km | Mapped fibre route |
| London | 9.4 ms | 956 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
| Paris | 11 ms | 1,137 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Dublin | 12 ms | 1,239 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
Light in single-mode fibre between city centres, over the route length mapped on the ITU transmission map where one exists, otherwise the straight line. Operator routes, equipment and the last kilometres add to these floors. Any pair in the latency calculator
Rules and dates
| Where | Rule | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| EU | Reporting duty from 500 kW installed IT power, 7 items and 24 indicators, next report 15 May 2027 | In force | Directive (EU) 2023/1791 Art. 12; Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1364 |
| EU | Waste-heat use above 1 MW total rated energy input, unless a cost-benefit assessment shows it is not feasible | In force | Directive (EU) 2023/1791 Art. 26(6) |
| EU | Common rating scheme adopted 21 Sep 2026; in Parliament and Council scrutiny, extended 6 Oct | Adopted, not in force | Commission delegated regulation; see our tracker |
Next dates
- 14 Dec 2026the EU Commission's minimum performance standards consultation and call for evidence closes
- 15 May 2027EU database and French reports due every year
From the European data-centre regulation tracker and the market comparison, where each rule links its legal source.
Method and sources
The pipeline covers data-centre projects of 5 MW or more, or with no capacity published, that are announced, in planning, permitted or under construction and not yet fully operating. It is not a list of operating facilities. A metro market follows the tracker’s own market field, so it includes the region around the city; a country page covers every tracked project in the country.
- Projects: the developer’s own release where one exists, otherwise the planning authority or the trade press; each row links the source of its latest milestone, and the tracker lists every source.
- Latest hour: Energy-Charts, Fraunhofer ISE (CC BY 4.0).
- Ember, European Wholesale Electricity Price Data (monthly), 2025.
- Ember, Yearly Electricity Data, 2025.
- Eurostat, Electricity prices components for non-household consumers (nrg_pc_205_c), 2025.
- Eurostat, Cooling and heating degree days by country (nrg_chdd_a).
- Climate: ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), DOI 10.24381/cds.adbb2d47.
- Latency: hub coordinates from Wikidata; route lengths derived from the ITU transmission map.
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