National Grid Buys 73 Acres for UK's Biggest Substation as Teesside Eyes 3.2GW AI Hub
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Updated · The Guardian · Nov 1
National Grid Buys 73 Acres for UK's Biggest Substation as Teesside Eyes 3.2GW AI Hub
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Nov 1
Summary
National Grid agreed last week to buy 73 acres at Dorman Point on Teesside, advancing plans for what could become Britain's biggest electricity substation.
The site would power a neighbouring AI datacentre after the government previously selected Teesworks for the project, where planning applications cover nearly 500,000 square metres.
Ben Houchen said up to 3.2GW of capacity could solve one of Britain's main datacentre bottlenecks—getting power to sites quickly enough to compete with the US, Gulf and Europe.
The move comes as London drafts a national policy statement calling datacentres as vital as railways and power networks, even as local opposition to UK projects grows.