DataCenterSweden

Glossary

The same definition is used across the pages.

  • IT power

    Electrical power used by IT equipment, not the whole site.

  • Site power

    Operator wording for power available to a campus or hall. It is not automatically a grid agreement.

  • PUE

    Power Usage Effectiveness: facility energy divided by IT energy, for a stated period and boundary.

  • Electricity bidding area

    One of Sweden’s four wholesale bidding areas (SE1–SE4). It is not a property-level connection answer.

  • Detailed development plan (detaljplan)

    Municipal binding plan that regulates land use and building rights for an area.

  • Building permit (bygglov)

    Municipal permit to build or change a building. It does not replace grid or environmental decisions.

  • Grid connection

    The process and documents that allow a site to import (or export) power from a named network owner.

  • Colocation

    A hall where several customers place equipment. It is a business model, not a voltage class.

  • Heat reuse

    Use of residual heat outside the hall. Prepared piping, a letter of intent, a contract and delivered megawatt-hours are four different states.

  • Foreign direct investment screening

    Swedish screening of certain investments. It is not a nationality slogan and not a building permit.