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France Seeks Faster Data Centre Connections with Underground Cable Option\nFrance’s Efforts to Streamline Data Centre Grid Connections<\/p>\n
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Posted on April 23, 2026<\/p>\n
2 min readThe image showcases the Christophe De Margerie tanker docking at Russia’s Arctic LNG 2, highlighting ongoing LNG export challenges amidst U.S. sanctions.France Seeks Faster Data Centre Connections with Underground Cable Option
\nFrance’s Efforts to Streamline Data Centre Grid Connections<\/p>\n
By Forrest Crellin<\/p>\n
Government Initiatives and Proposed Solutions<\/p>\n
PARIS, April 23 (Reuters) – France could allow large data centre projects to temporarily connect to underground cable systems as part of an overhaul of its grid connection system, as it tries to cut development times and attract investment, the energy ministry said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Challenges Facing Data Centre Operators<\/p>\n
France, like much of Europe, has struggled in recent years with long and cumbersome electricity connection queues as data centre operators race to plug into the grid and get to market.<\/p>\n
The Issue of “Ghost Projects”<\/p>\n
The bottlenecks have encouraged so-called “ghost projects”, where companies secure grid slots for developments that may never be built, crowding out rivals and, in some cases, allowing slots to be traded under a first-come, first-served system.<\/p>\n
Temporary Underground Cable Connections<\/p>\n
As a short-term fix, the government is considering allowing some large projects to connect to the underground cable network, alongside broader reforms to the current queuing system, the ministry said in its electrification plan.<\/p>\n
“Having more data centres in the country also means moving towards our digital sovereignty and towards the decarbonisation of the economy,” a government official told reporters.<\/p>\n
The temporary underground connection option could be available by the end of the month and would provide power to several very large projects, helping them meet tight time-to-market deadlines, the official said.<\/p>\n
Long-Term Grid Reform and Regulatory Actions
\nComprehensive Overhaul of the Grid Queue<\/p>\n
A deeper overhaul of the grid queue will take longer. Energy regulator CRE is running a consultation, with a decision expected by the end of the year, the ministry said. <\/p>\n
Boosting Investment Appeal<\/p>\n
The regulator aims to boost France’s appeal to investors by cutting connection costs and delays, which in some European countries can stretch to a decade because of clogged queues.<\/p>\n
(Reporting by Forrest Crellin. Editing by Mark Potter)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editorial & Advertiser disclosure Global Banking & Finance Review\u00ae is an online platform offering news, analysis, and opinion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6829,1730,4462,6830,6831,5,6826,6827,6828],"class_list":{"0":"post-8500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-data-centre-development","9":"tag-decarbonisation","10":"tag-digital-sovereignty","11":"tag-electricity-connection-queues","12":"tag-energy-regulator-cre","13":"tag-france","14":"tag-france-data-centre","15":"tag-grid-connection-system","16":"tag-underground-cable-network"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}