aceNational Grid to site biggest substation on Teesside, near planned AI datacentre
National Grid has taken a step towards building Britain’s biggest electricity substation on Teesside, which could supply power to a vast neighbouring datacentre as the UK races to expand its AI infrastructure. Last week the company agreed to purchase 29.5 hectares (73 acres) of land at Dorman Point on a site owned by Teesworks, a local private-public partnership. The deal was first reported by Sky News. The deal followed reports last year that the UK government had picked Teesworks as the site for a new artifici…
Securing land for a substation offering up to 3.2GW could ease the power-connection bottleneck that has held back UK AI datacentre projects and let Teesside compete for investment.
The article reports only a land purchase and a reported contractor, not a completed substation or an operating datacentre, so the benefit is prospective. Public opposition to datacentres remains unresolved.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-11-01
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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-2326, v1: “National Grid to site biggest substation on Teesside, near planned AI datacentre.” Truvace, 2026-11-01. /record/TRV-2026-2326 (accessed at citation time). sha256 93afa3d6ea21fbc1…
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