Project developer Stender is behind plans for eight data centre buildings covering a total of more than 328,000 square metres near Rødby.
If fully built out, the facility could require more than one gigawatt of power in total, which at the time of writing corresponds to around one-seventh of Denmark’s total annual electricity consumption. Stender is therefore exploring several options for securing the necessary power supply.
One possibility is a local energy system in which electricity from wind turbines and solar panels is transmitted through direct power lines to a large battery and from there to the data centre. According to Stender, the system could also benefit other companies in the area.
- It may be possible to run direct lines to a battery facility and from there into the data centre and other future activities in the area, says CEO Allan Egeris Arentsen.
He describes the model as a potential local microgrid.
- The idea is to retain and make use of the electricity locally and create what is known as a microgrid. A kind of local power island or energy island, he says.
For now, however, it remains only a vision. Stender has not disclosed how large such a battery would need to be, which energy facilities could be connected to it, or whether contact has already been established with their owners.
Nor has an application been submitted for a direct line, which requires approval from the Danish Energy Agency.
