Storting

Dok 8:6 S landed before the Storting on 5 October 2026, tabled by four members under Marie Sneve Martinussen. If adopted, it would pause new grid allocations to data centres until a national policy exists, create a licensing regime for large new consumers and require a plenary vote on schemes of 25 MW upward, copying the scrutiny MPs already apply to big petroleum investments. Proposals from individual members go to committee first, then to the full chamber.

Through the filing, Statnett's data-centre bookings of around 12 GW for some 120 projects entered the parliamentary record, alongside 3.14 TWh of actual sector consumption in 2025. In August Fingrid, Finland's operator, cautioned that signed connections do not guarantee buildings.

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