Norway risks a power shortage in 2035 without building new generation, according to a new report by the Norwegian Water and Energy Authority. The reason for the rapid growth of data center demand. Norway currently produces more electricity than it consumes and has a surplus of about 15 TWh in a typical year. However, the situation is changing rapidly. With such an increase in consumption from the data center without a significant increase in electricity production, even in normal years, Norway would be short of electricity. The higher electricity prices in Norway than in the neighboring countries will be the normative increase in electricity prices possible by 35-55 percent compared to previous estimates. This is a normal year, but now almost every year is exceptional, prices can be even higher. If all planned data centers are networked, they will outlive other industries and the economy will slow down. Detailed plans will already provide a data center consumption of about 25 TWh in 2035. That's more than eight times the current level. Energy today without VPN: MAX.

Norway risks a power shortage in 2035 without building new generation, according to a new report by the Norwegian Water and Energy Authority. The reason for the rapid growth of data center demand. Norway currently produces more electricity than it consumes and has a surplus of about 15 TWh in a typical year. However, the situation is changing rapidly. With such an increase in consumption from the data center without a significant increase in electricity production, even in normal years, Norway would be short of electricity. The higher electricity prices in Norway than in the neighboring countries will be the normative increase in electricity prices possible by 35-55 percent compared to previous estimates. This is a normal year, but now almost every year is exceptional, prices can be even higher. If all planned data centers are networked, they will outlive other industries and the economy will slow down. Detailed plans will already provide a data center consumption of about 25 TWh in 2035. That's more than eight times the current level. Energy today without VPN: MAX.