Background notes
295 short notes from September 2026 on grid operators’ project pages and on neighbouring countries. They are not tied to a project in the register, so they are not counted as news.
- Ingrid’s 17 April 2026 Vaggeryd and Horsaryd paper is grid BESS, not a hall battery
- 3i’s 11 March 2026 Lefdal paper is an agreed majority stake; completion is still expected
- Norske Skog’s 27 February 2026 Halden paper is a letter of intent, not a campus
- SVT’s 9 September 2025 Östersund note is a discontinued establishment, not a hall
- EXA’s 17 October 2023 Havfrue paper is a partnership on a 2020 cable, not a new build
- Ellevio’s Gävleborg snapshot is a regional-network queue picture, not a Microsoft or Horndal cell
- VivoPower’s 6 July 2026 Mo i Rana paper is a BESS feasibility study, not an installed battery
- Metsähallitus’ 4 June 2026 Loviisa lease is a 6.6 hectare plot paper; end-2027 stays preliminary
- Esbjerg’s 26 March 2026 Prime notice is a land-right and EIA paper; 550 MW IT stays a later envelope
- GlobalConnect’s 23 January 2026 backbone upgrade is a 1,250 km terrestrial programme, not a hall
- Vattenfall’s 19 November 2025 Västra Götaland note is a DSO allocation to 2031, not a hall list
- Arelion’s 20 October 2025 Helsinki–Warsaw route is a completed terrestrial ring; it bypasses Stockholm
- GlobalConnect’s 3 July 2025 Sweden–Finland cable is ~150 km of sea fibre plus ~365 km on land
- Fjernvarme Fyn’s April 2025 note is a live Odense heat offtake; more volume still needs investment
- Saft’s 4 October 2023 notice is a delivered Swedish-hall BESS; the site is unnamed
- Green Mountain’s 8 March 2023 Hamar paper is a 90 MW TikTok contract on a 150 MW plan
- Svenska kraftnät county table: Norrbotten’s 11,400 MW of consumption is not a data-center total
- Statnett H1 2026: around 3,500 MW of mature applications is not a Nordic data-center queue
- YIT’s 21 July 2026 Kouvola contract is a FIN04 construction paper; 430 MW stays a campus envelope
- CSC and Loiste sign a Kajaani heat agreement; second-half 2027 is a launch window, not delivery
- atNorth says the Kesko FIN02 heat link went live in November 2025; a store is not a city network
- Fingrid’s 2025 annual review: about 10 data-centre connection agreements are not the August 5 GW total
- Vaala started Nuojua–Järvikylä zoning on 22 January 2026; a plan start is not a Google hall
- Fingrid: southern-Finland consumption connections are tight from 2025 to 2027, not cancelled
- C-Lion2 is still a Baltic route-planning file; Sweden in the study is not a landing station
- C-Lion1 lands in Helsinki, Hanko and Rostock; a Swedish EEZ fault is not a Swedish landing
- North Pole Fiber is a Kiruna–Norway inland path; Polar Connect’s landing is described as Norway
- Far North Fiber is still a route-planning Arctic system; Finland and Ireland landings are a later Call 2 line
- Svenska kraftnät bidding-area table: 5,169 MW of data-center applications sit in SE3
- Svenska kraftnät: 780 MW of consumption reserved in 2026 through August is not a data-center total
- atNorth and Selected Group agree DEN02 greenhouse heat; Q3 2028 is a first-phase target
- atNorth buys Haugaland land for NOR01; 120 MW and 350 MW are planned phases, not 2026 power
- Energinet pauses new large connection agreements; 14 GW of data-center requests is a queue, not Danish halls
- Varde council approved Krageris plan proposals on 20 April 2026; a proposal is not a final local plan
- Svenska kraftnät’s early indication expires the day it is sent; 300 MW is a ceiling, not a reservation
- Bahnhof’s 21 January 2026 Bunker page states 12 MW total power and direct water cooling; that is a specification, not operation
- Svenska kraftnät’s 2026–2035 plan: Stockholm cannot grant further increases on the present transmission grid
- Bahnhof winds down Elementica and starts Bahnhof Bunker; a rock-cavern purchase is not 12 MW
- Helen and OnZero sign a Helsinki heat agreement; 2027 start is a schedule, not delivery
- Fingrid: nearly 5 GW of data-centre projects hold signed connection agreements as of mid-August 2026
- Fira says Lappeenranta main construction began in July 2026; 310 MW is still a completed-campus figure
- Pure DC launches SJK01 in Seinäjoki: 110 MW Phase 1 is leased IT, not a 550 MW live campus
- Nordic TSOs: connection requests already exceed existing and planned grid capacity
- Fortum starts Espoo and Kirkkonummi heat plants; Microsoft hall heat is still a 2027 phase-in
- Statnett pauses new industrial reservations north of Svartisen; 1,150 MW reserved is not a data-centre total
- Nebius announces a Lappeenranta AI factory of up to 310 MW; first customer capacity is a 2027 target
- atNorth and Vestforbrænding agree DEN01 heat for Ballerup homes; 2028 is the heat year
- Nscale, Aker and OpenAI announce Stargate Norway; 230 MW is planned capacity, not a live hall
- Fortum’s 9 September 2026 Loviisa PPA is a Finnish nuclear contract, not Swedish megawatts
- Vertical Data reports a Sollefteå purchase agreement; 4.5 MW, 100 MW and 500 MW are different claims
- Cerebras and Compute Nordic announce a Mikkeli AI campus; 165 MW is contracted IT, not a Swedish hall
- EcoDataCenter announces a third Dalarna campus in Smedjebacken; English 150 MW is not in the Swedish notice
- Svenska kraftnät queue table: 7,326 MW of data-center applications as of 1 October 2026
- Svenska kraftnät: 3,695 MW of consumption reserved in 2025 via preliminary notices
- EU data-centre energy reporting is in force; a rating scheme is still being built