EcoDataCenter Smedjebacken

Phases

• Röbacken campus proposal — Announced

Capacity disclosure

• Announced capacity (definition unclear)

  Conflicting figures

  Announced capacity (definition unclear) · unclear / unclassified · 2026 · announced · campus

  Unclear / conflictingAs of 2026-08-25 · EcoDataCenter

  The English notice contains this wording; the Swedish notice does not define a capacity figure. A 2025 municipal minute independently reports 150 MW as power that could be made available for delivery in 2028–2030. Neither source set defines the figure as IT load, facility load or a current site connection entitlement, so it remains an unclear capacity observation.

  “green light of an immediate 150MW”

Planning and grid

The 8 September 2026 municipal executive-board minute recommends an option to acquire land via a municipal company and a 6.5-hectare lease. The council calendar lists a 21 September meeting, but no resulting minute was available in the published protocol index reviewed on 22 September. The Swedish operator notice says building and environmental permits were expected during 2027. No final land transfer or permit is recorded here.

The English operator notice says 150 MW has an immediate green light, but does not define its boundary. A 2025 Smedjebacken municipal minute records a positive power-availability message from Svenska kraftnät and Vattenfall for 150 MW, with delivery possible in 2028–2030. The sources used here do not establish a final site connection contract, reserved capacity in force today, or energisation date.

Updates

• 2026-09-08

  Smedjebacken executive board recommends a land transaction

  The executive board recommended that the municipal council approve an option to acquire Röbacken industrial land through a newly formed municipal company and a lease of 6.5 hectares. This is a recommendation, not a completed sale or final council approval.

• 2026-08-25

  EcoDataCenter reports plans for a third Dalarna campus

  Paired Swedish and English notices describe 52 hectares at Röbacken but differ on the land instrument. The English-only 150 MW phrase now has historical context in a 2025 municipal record, though its live metric boundary remains undefined.

Knowledge gaps

• The outcome of the 21 September 2026 council meeting has not been verified in the published minutes available on 22 September; final signed land instruments have not been reviewed.
• No council approval, building permit, environmental permit or construction start is recorded here.
• The 150 MW figure has 2025 municipal context for possible power delivery in 2028–2030, but no current site-connection document or IT/facility metric boundary is recorded.
• No site-level grid agreement, energisation milestone or delivered heat figure is cited.

Sources

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