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Denmark

Data centre capacity, electricity and supply-chain position · ISO DK

1.8 TWhdata-centre electricity · 5.2% of national generation · grade B, Derived

Denmark's data centres draw 1.8 TWh of electricity a year, which places it 21st of the 33 countries this atlas carries a figure for.

That is 5.2% of everything the country generates — well above the 1.2% median across those countries.

Set against 0.4 GW of installed capacity, that implies a 54% load factor.

One metro is tracked here: Copenhagen, at 230 MW and operating.

Its strongest showing anywhere in the atlas is Power & Grid on the ownership basis, at #6 of 17.

It does not register at all on Silicon, Memory & Storage or Networking.

4 suppliers are domiciled here, booking roughly $32bn between them; the largest is Vestas.

Its single strongest grip on the buildout is Cables & HVDC, where firms domiciled here hold 9% of global supply in a sub-layer weighted 0.90 for how hard it is to substitute.

About $2bn of AI infrastructure investment has been announced for Denmark, though announced is not built — that figure is graded C.

National context

Electricity generation34 TWh A
Data-centre electricity1.8 TWh B
— as a share of generation5.2% B
Installed data-centre capacity0.4 GW B
Tracked metro capacity230 MW B
Announced investment$2bn C
Population6m A
GDP$462bn A

Where Denmark ranks

The same tables read three ways. A country can lead one basis and be invisible on another, and that gap is the whole point of the atlas.

Tier Physicalassets here Ownershiprevenue booked Controlcould stop you
Silicon———
Memory & Storage———
Networking———
Systems & Facility#26of 54#9of 9—
Power & Grid#22of 77#6of 17#9of 12

Data centre metros (1)

Copenhagen — Operating230 MW C

Supply positions

Share of each global sub-layer held by firms domiciled here, and how hard that sub-layer would be to substitute. Those two multiplied are what the control basis ranks on.

Power & Grid

Sub-layerShareSubstitutability
Cables & HVDC9% C×0.90

Strongest single grip: Cables & HVDC — 9% × 0.90 substitutability weight.

Suppliers domiciled here (4)

Vestas — Wind turbinesPower & GridGeneration equipment rather than grid.$18bn
Ørsted — Offshore generationPower & Grid$11bn
NKT — HVDC cable systemsPower & GridSmall revenue base, disproportionate HVDC position.$3bn
Asetek — Liquid coolingSystems & Facility$0bn

Revenue is the group or segment figure closest to each tier's perimeter. Segment boundaries differ between issuers, so treat the split as indicative.

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Every figure here is computed from the same tables the atlas reads, and is downloadable as CSV. Think something is wrong? Tell me — corrections are more useful than compliments.

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