indicative current data-center electricity consumption across Sweden (~4.0-4.4 TWh), Norway (~2.5 TWh), Finland (~1.6 TWh) and Denmark (~1.3 TWh); national-agency forecasts sum to ~21-23 TWh/yr by 2030, with Denmark alone modeled at ~27 TWh by 2040
~9.5-9.9 TWh/yrobserved
| Value kind | observed — Reported measurements, counts, and specifications keep the precision and scope stated by their source; an exact specification is not treated as a range. |
|---|---|
| Caveat | Four-country sum mixes national definitions (crypto treatment, reporting thresholds, measured vs modeled) and reference years. |
| As of | 2024-2025 |
| Source | Swedish Energy Agency; NVE; Finnish Government DC roadmap; Danish Energy Agency |
| Derivation | Sum of latest national-agency estimates: SE 4.0-4.4 (Energimyndigheten, Dec 2025), NO ~2.5 (NVE/government full-year 2025 expectation), FI ~1.6 (National DC Roadmap, 2024), DK ~1.3 TWh (Energinet analysis assumptions, 2025). |
| Review | checking…review by 2026-10-22 · standard cadence |
| Recorded changes | none recorded |
| Claim id | nordic-data-center-electricity-consumption |
Where the guide uses it
Not quoted in a chapter yet; it is kept in the curated register.
← Full numbers register — every date-stamped figure in the guide, with revision history.