National Grid to site biggest substation in UK near planned Teesside datacentre

National Grid bought 73 acres on Teesside to build the largest electricity substation in Britain. The facility will supply up to 3.2 gigawatts of power to a planned artificial intelligence datacentre. Engineers and municipal planners must now coordinate heavy grid connections with large land parcels amid rising public opposition.

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