Gävle · Gävleborg County · SE3
Microsoft Gävle
One of three municipalities Microsoft named when it opened the Sweden datacenter region on 16 November 2021, with Azure and Microsoft 365 described as available. Capacity is not disclosed in the cited materials.
OperationalGrid: Not published in the cited Microsoft materials.
Fact box
- Actor
- Microsoft
- Status
- Operational
- Municipality / county
- Gävle · Gävleborg County
- Bidding zone
- SE3
- Last checked
- 2026-11-12
- Location accuracy
- Municipality level
Phases
- Gävle site — Operational
Capacity disclosure
IT power
Not stated in the cited sources
IT power · current · 2026 · announced · campus
Unclear / conflictingAs of 2026-09-10 · Microsoft
Planning and grid
Not reviewed as a municipal permit file in this launch set.
Not published in the cited Microsoft materials.
Updates
2021-11-16
Microsoft opens the Sweden datacenter region
Microsoft announced the Sweden region as open, with presence in Gävle, Sandviken and Staffanstorp and with Azure and Microsoft 365 available.
Context
- County: Gävleborg County
- Municipality: Gävle
- Electricity area: SE3
- Actors: Microsoft
More projects in Gävleborg County
- EcoDataCenter Norrsundet (Gävle) — Proposed
- Data centre, Ockelbo (Vallhalla, Lingbo) — In development
- Microsoft Sandviken — Operational
Related news
- 2026-11-02 · SvD: poor conditions reported at Microsoft's data-centre construction site in Gävle
- 2026-09-12 · Microsoft says Denmark East is open; a Danish region is not a Swedish capacity update
- 2026-09-12 · Microsoft’s 30 April 2025 European commitments: a 40 percent capacity plan is not a Swedish MW row
- 2026-09-10 · SE1–SE4 review reading guide: what 29 May 2026 did and did not change
Knowledge gaps
- MW not disclosed.
- Exact plot not published in the cited sources.
- The bidding area follows the municipality's local network on Nätområden.se; the site's own connection point is not published.
- Later stage changes after 2021 are not confirmed here.
Sources
- Microsoft opens its sustainable datacenter region in Sweden — Microsoft, 2021-11-16. Checked 2026-09-10.
- Microsoft datacenters in Sweden — Microsoft, 2024-04-01. Checked 2026-09-10.
- Nätområden.se: local network areas and their bidding areas — Internaut AB (Nätområden.se, created with Svenska kraftnät) (publication date not stated). Checked 2026-11-12.
- Svenska Dagbladet: Poor conditions at Microsoft construction site (“Usla villkor på Microsoftbygge”, 2 November 2026) — Svenska Dagbladet, 2026-11-02. Checked 2026-11-02.