Britain's Biggest Ever Substation To Be Built So A Computer Can Write Emails Nobody Will Read

National Grid has struck a deal to build an enormous substation on Teesside to power a giant data centre, as ministers race to avoid the embarrassment of an AI boom happening somewhere with cheaper electricity. Locals have been promised jobs, prosperity and, eventually, a chatbot able to explain why their bills have gone up. Ministers call this sort of thing infrastructure, which is shorter than 'we hope this works'.