Data Centers in Sweden

Sweden – Nordic Hub for Sustainable Colocation

Sweden offers an exceptional environment for data center colocation, blending immense stability with world-class connectivity. It is a premier choice for businesses prioritizing low-cost, sustainable power and a minimal-risk profile for deploying critical infrastructure. This market is built for serving high-performance workloads across Northern Europe with maximum uptime and efficiency.

Sweden: At A Glance

Network & Connectivity Ecosystem

Sweden's connectivity is robust, mature, and highly competitive, making it a reliable point of presence for reaching the Nordics, Baltics, and Northern Europe.

Carrier Density & Carrier Neutrality With over 37 network providers active as of September 2025, the market offers deep and diverse connectivity options. Most of the 80 colocation facilities are carrier-neutral, providing ample choice for creating redundant, high-performance network architectures.

Direct Cloud On-Ramps Direct, low-latency connections to major cloud providers are readily available. Sweden has over 2 dedicated on-ramps connecting to 17 cloud regions, including:

• AWS
• Microsoft Azure
• Oracle Cloud

Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) The primary internet exchange, Netnod, operates in multiple cities including Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It is critical for localizing traffic, reducing latency, and improving network performance across the region.

Bare Metal On-demand bare metal servers are widely available from multiple providers. Global suppliers like Hivelocity and phoenixNAP offer compute and storage solutions for workloads requiring dedicated physical hardware.

Power Analysis

Sweden’s power infrastructure is a significant competitive advantage, offering low costs, high reliability, and exceptional sustainability credentials.

Average Cost Of Power Industrial power rates average approximately €0.07/kWh as of July 2025, placing Sweden among the most cost-effective markets in Europe. This low cost directly reduces the total cost of ownership for high-density deployments. The grid mix is approximately 95% low-carbon, dominated by hydro, nuclear, and wind power.

Power Grid Reliability The national power grid is well-engineered and highly stable, particularly in the major data center clusters around Stockholm. Facilities are supported by redundant power feeds and multiple substations, ensuring consistent and reliable energy delivery for mission-critical operations.

Market Access, Business & Tax Climate

Sweden provides a stable and business-friendly environment with excellent access to key economic centers.

Proximity To Key Business Districts Data centers are strategically located near Stockholm, the country's economic and technological heart, as well as in other key cities like Gothenburg and Malmö. This proximity provides low-latency connectivity to financial services, technology companies, and a thriving startup ecosystem.

Regional Market Reach From a base in Sweden, businesses can effectively serve over 25 million people across the Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Norway) and the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). Its central location is ideal for a regional availability zone.

Tax Advantage For Data Centers The primary tax advantage relates to the import of IT hardware. General incentives, such as reduced customs duties or exemptions for importers, help lower the significant capital expense of equipping a data center.

Natural Disaster Risk

Sweden has an exceptionally low risk profile for natural disasters, making it one of the safest places in the world to locate digital infrastructure. The country's overall INFORM Risk score is 2.1 ("Very Low") as of September 2025.

Key risk factors are minimal and well-managed:

• River Flood: The highest individual risk factor, though incidents are localized and well-mitigated by modern infrastructure planning.
• Coastal Flood: A moderate consideration for facilities located directly on the coast, but not a significant national threat.
• Drought: A minor risk with little historical impact on data center operations.
• Epidemic: Risk levels are low and consistent with other developed European nations.

Risks from earthquakes and tropical cyclones are negligible.