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Google is negotiating to build a large datacentre on a northeast England site that suffered industrial vandalism a decade ago. Sir Keir Starmer and business secretary Peter Kyle are in favour of building a number of datacentres at Teeswork and earlier this summer granted the site AI Growth Zone Status. However, the project faces challenges due to a dispute between Starmer and energy secretary Ed Miliband, who supports BP’s plan for a major hydrogen production facility on the same site.

Broadfield, acting on behalf of Teesworks and endorsed by Houchen, has consistently maintained an objection to the proposed BP hydrogen plant.