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Proposal: temporary halt on new permits for data centres

Official title (in Danish): Forslag til folket­ings­beslut­ning om et midlertidigt stop for tilladelse til etablering af nye datacentre

Parliamentary resolution · B 39 (2026-27) · Er­hvervs­min­is­ter­iet

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In short

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  • Proposed by: Enhedslisten (Eva Flyvholm, Pelle Dragsted and Lisbeth Torfing)
  • What is proposed: The proposal calls on the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) to require the government to take the necessary steps by 1 February 2027 to introduce a temporary halt on new permits for data centres.
  • When: The proposal has not been adopted yet. A proposal for a parliamentary resolution is not an act and does not change the rules by itself. If the Danish Parliament adopts it, it is usually a call on the government to act.

Written by AI from verbatim quotes from the source and checked by code and AI. Dates, tables and the fact box are calculated by fixed rules. Unofficial translation. Always read the original.

What the proposal says:

  • The government must take the necessary steps by 1 February 2027 to introduce a temporary halt on new permits for data centres.
  • The halt must apply until the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) has adopted a national strategy and regulatory framework for data centres.
  • The strategy must address resource use, digital sovereignty, security of supply, and consideration for neighbours and local communities.

Sources and original

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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)

Source: the Official Report of the Danish Parliament (Folketingstidende) and ft.dk

Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.

Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)

Med be­slut­nings­forsla­get pålægges regeringen senest den 1. februar 2027 at indføre et midlertidigt stop for nye tilladelser til etablering af datacentre. Stoppet skal gælde, indtil Folketinget har behandlet og vedtaget en national strategi, der skal omfatte en reguleringsramme for datacentrenes placering, ressourceforbrug, hensyn til digital suverænitet, konsekvenser for for­syn­ingssik­ker­heden og forholdet til naboer og lokalsamfund.

Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.

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  1. Introduced · 23 October 2026
    Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
    Folketingets Åbne Data – sagstrin: fremsættelse
  2. 1st reading · 19 November 2026
    Scheduled by the Danish Parliament
  3. Adopted or rejected
    Awaiting the Danish Parliament