National Grid to site biggest substation on Teesside, near planned AI datacentre
Summary
National Grid agreed to buy 73 acres at Teesworks on Teesside for a substation that could supply power to a planned nearby AI datacentre. The project comes as the UK government seeks to expand datacentre capacity, while proposed developments have faced public opposition.Key Facts
- The land is at Dorman Point, on a site owned by the Teesworks partnership.
- The proposed substation has been described as Britain’s biggest.
- Planning applications have been submitted for a datacentre project covering nearly 500,000 square metres.
- Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen said the site could have up to 3.2 gigawatts of capacity.
- The government published a draft national policy statement on datacentres last week.
- Campaign groups have protested against planned datacentre developments in locations including Auchtertool and Brick Lane.
- Balfour Beatty was reported to be in line to deliver the substation, with Steel River Power also involved.
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