Marie Sneve Martinussen
Leader of Rødt, Norway's Red Party, and MP for Akershus in the Storting.
Rødt leader Marie Sneve Martinussen is the lead name on Dok 8:6 S, filed on 5 October 2026, which would freeze Norwegian grid allocations to data centres pending a national policy.
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Led four MPs in filing a proposal to halt grid allocations to new data centres
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Marie Sneve Martinussen headed the group of four MPs, with Bjørnar Moxnes, Geir Jørgensen and Terje Kollbotn, that lodged Dok 8:6 S on 5 October 2026. Their text asks for a pause on fresh power and grid allocations to data centres until Norway has a national policy for them, with critical public functions exempt. It also wants a concession regime for big consumers, and parliamentary approval for anything of 25 MW and above.
Her filing cites a Statnett pipeline of roughly 12 GW across about 120 data-centre projects, set beside the 3.14 TWh that Norway's data centres consumed in 2025. It further asks that data critical to society remain under Norwegian jurisdiction. In August Finland's grid operator had issued a similar caution: a signed connection is not a building.
Martinussen became Rødt's leader in 2023, having been deputy leader for eleven years. Akershus has returned her to the Storting since 2021, most recently in 2025.
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