Microsoft has opened its new Danish datacenter region, Denmark East, with campuses in Høje Taastrup, Køge and Roskilde on Zealand, providing local cloud capacity for Danish customers.
The Denmark East region will deliver local, secure cloud infrastructure designed with sustainability and data residency in mind, and Microsoft said in an announcement the launch strengthens Denmark’s digital resilience while giving customers greater control and lower latency.
Microsoft and partners are projected to spend approximately $4.5 billion in Denmark on local services and products over the next four years, according to IDC cited by the company, and the firm said the region offers multiple independent datacenter zones, access to Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, and EU Data Boundary protections for customer data. Mette Kaagaard, General Manager, Microsoft Denmark & Iceland, said: “With the opening of Denmark East, we are strengthening Denmark’s digital resilience with a secure-by-default foundation that gives customers greater control, low latency, and local data residency.”
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The launch includes sustainability and community measures: datacenters aim for LEED Gold, zero water cooling, and a target power usage effectiveness of 1.16, and Høje-Taastrup will host at-scale waste heat recovery able to warm around 6,000 homes with future expansion planned in Køge. Microsoft has long-term power purchase agreements totalling 130 MW and highlighted the Svinningegården Solar Park as a 27 MW example; the company also uses HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) for backup power where available. Ulrik Have, CIO Technology, Nykredit, said: “For Nykredit, data security, regulatory compliance, and customer trust are fundamental. Microsoft’s new datacenter region in Denmark enables us to keep data local, reduce complexity, and lower latency through close proximity to our on‑premises services—while maintaining the flexibility to deliver new digital solutions for our customers.”
Microsoft says it will work with the three host municipalities and 13 local partners on skills, inclusion and biodiversity projects, and has created a 40,000 m² public park beside the Høje‑Taastrup site to combine green space with digital infrastructure.
The recap
- Microsoft opens Denmark East datacenter region across Zealand campuses
- $4.5 billion projected local spending by Microsoft and partners
- Datacenters aim for waste heat recovery to warm 6,000 homes
