Editorial review 2026-09-10 · Jurisdiction: Sweden (PBL, Environmental Code and related procedures)
Site selection
Site selection is a comparison of files, not a hunt for the greenest pin. For each plot, write what is known about the network owner, the plan, the environmental questions, fiber, expansion space and local politics. If a cell is empty, it is empty. Business Sweden’s Site Finder is a general industrial-land tool. It is not this register, and it is not a connection study.
General orientation. Assess the specific project separately. Applies to: Readers preparing a Swedish data-center development file. This is orientation, not a permit decision.
Minimum comparison set
Do not rank Sweden as “best in the Nordics” from this matrix. Rank the plots you actually hold files for.
- Grid: owner, voltage, latest written position.
- Plan: detaljplan status and what use it actually allows.
- Environment: which investigations are triggered.
- Fiber: diverse entries, not logo count.
- Neighbors: noise, traffic, competing land use.
- Expansion: what the next hall would require.
Sources
- Business Sweden Site Finder — Business Sweden, 2026-01-01. Checked 2026-09-10.
- Planning and Building Act guidance — Boverket, 2026-01-01. Checked 2026-09-10.
- Indicative transmission-network capacity map — Svenska kraftnät, 2026-01-01. Checked 2026-09-10.