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BP's landmark UK blue hydrogen project in danger as landowner wins permission to build data centre on same site

The oil company would only be able to move forward with the 1.2GW H2 Teesside scheme if the government grants it a compulsory purchase order

A computer-generated rendering of what the data centre would look like on the Teesworks brownfield site, which is also earmarked for H2 Teesside.
A computer-generated rendering of what the data centre would look like on the Teesworks brownfield site, which is also earmarked for H2 Teesside.Photo: Lichfields
Editor, Hydrogen Insight
Published 4 August 2025, 12:08Updated 4 August 2025, 12:12
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