TL;DRDenmark’s grid operator Energinet has paused all new grid connection agreements after a 60-gigawatt queue, nearly nine times the country’s peak demand, overwhelmed the system. AI data centres are the proximate cause: hyperscalers chose Denmark for its clean grid and cool climate, and are now consuming more electricity than the infrastructure was designed to deliver. Denmark is the first Nordic country to confront the tension between building the world’s cleanest grid and attracting the world’s most power-hungry industry. Denmark generates more than 80 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources. Its wind farms, both onshore and offshore, have made...