Denmark pauses new data center grid connections as AI buildout demand hits 60 GW

Denmark has halted new grid connections for data centers as total pending requests reached 60 GW, per Tom's Hardware. The Nordic nation joins countries like Sweden and Ireland in throttling AI infrastructure expansion to manage power grid strain.

The pause signals infrastructure bottlenecks beginning to bite into hyperscaler capex timelines, with electricity capacity now a rate-limiting step in some regions for foundation model training and inference buildouts.