The government must wake up: The data center boom is threatening Norwegian industry and Norwegian nature. New data centers have an enormous need for electrical power, and the queue at Statnett is long. The players behind the data centers have great solvency, and as long as "first come, first served" applies, it is the data centers that get power, not other types of industry. By Truls Gulowsen August 19, 2026. Today, the data centers we already h…
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The government must wake up: The data center boom is threatening Norwegian industry and Norwegian nature. New data centers have an enormous need for electrical power, and the queue at Statnett is long. The players behind the data centers have great solvency, and as long as "first come, first served" applies, it is the data centers that get power, not other types of industry. By Truls Gulowsen August 19, 2026. Today, the data centers we already h…