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France
84
✓ Open — Primary Market
Grid connection: 18–36 months brownfield
Power: Nuclear €50–70/MWh · 24/7 · 70% of mix
Sites: 63 govt + 40+ proprietary brownfield
Regulation: RTE fast-track · Choose France 2026
Capital committed: SoftBank €75B · Ardian €5B · Nebius €8B
Score limited to 84 due to some greenfield delays
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Sweden
71
✓ Open — Hydro Power
Grid connection: 12–24 months on available sites
Power: Hydro dominated · low carbon · competitive
Sites: Limited vs France but quality projects
Nebius: €8B AI commitment · Skellefteå campus
Kalyana Invest: active pipeline Scandinavie
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Poland
58
↗ Emerging — Watch
Grid connection: 18–36 months on industrial sites
Power: Coal-heavy (carbon risk) · transitioning
Sites: Former heavy industry · Silesia corridor
Cost: Lower land and construction costs
Risk: Political stability, EU alignment concerns
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Spain
44
⚠ Caution — Grid Fragility
Grid connection: 2–4 years · improving
Power: 2025 blackout highlights grid fragility
Sites: Some renewable-adjacent industrial land
Climate: Cooling challenge at high density
Market: Growing but infrastructure lagging demand
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Belgium
41
⚠ Caution — Transitional
Grid connection: 2–5 years · Elia queue growing
Power: Nuclear restart (Doel 4) positive signal
Sites: Former industrial Wallonie corridor
Connectivity: Cross-border fiber to FR/NL/DE
Risk: Regulatory uncertainty on nuclear policy
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Denmark
38
⚠ Caution — Renewable Intermittency
Grid connection: 18–30 months certain zones
Power: Wind-heavy · intermittent for 24/7 AI
Sites: Limited brownfield · coastal
Strength: Inopower heat solutions ecosystem
Challenge: Firm baseload availability for AI
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United Kingdom
29
🔴 Restricted — Severe Constraints
Grid connection: Multi-year queues · London severe
Power: £80–110/MWh · high and volatile
Sites: Limited available industrial land (London)
Brexit: EU supply chain complications
Slough/London: Effectively at capacity
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Ireland
12
🔴 Closed — Moratorium 2028
Grid: De facto moratorium until 2028
Data centers: Already >20% of national electricity
Power: Grid operator (EirGrid) refusing new DCs
No new large-scale DC connections available
Score reflects 2024–2028 window only
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Netherlands
8
🔴 Closed — Banned Until 2030
Grid: New connections effectively banned until 2030
Amsterdam AMS-IX: saturated · no capacity
Government: Active measures to block new DCs
Energy: Tennet grid at capacity in western NL
Score reflects 2024–2030 window
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Germany (Frankfurt)
11
🔴 Closed — Banned Until 2030
Grid: Frankfurt new connections banned until 2030
Power: €90–120/MWh · highest in Europe
Coal exit: Grid reliability concerns 2024–2026
Other regions: Munich, Berlin also constrained
Score reflects Frankfurt hub only
Score Methodology — 5 Factors, 20 Points Each
1. Grid connection timeline (0=10+ years, 20=<18 months)
2. Power cost and stability (0=>€100/MWh volatile, 20=<€60/MWh stable 24/7)
3. Regulatory environment (0=moratoria/bans, 20=active fast-track programme)
4. Brownfield site availability (0=none mapped, 20=large proprietary database)
5. Active market development (0=no recent commitments, 20=major hyperscaler commitments 2025-2026)

Score updated monthly. Reflects conditions for AI data center deployment specifically — not general data center or renewable energy deployment.

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