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The postponement of BP’s blue hydrogen plant on Teesside underscores the intensifying land use conflicts between renewable energy initiatives and the increasing demand for digital infrastructure. The facility, intended to produce low carbon hydrogen, faces competition from a proposed data center on the same site.

Both projects are deemed strategically important, with potential for significant job creation. The government's decision on the hydrogen plant has been delayed while local authorities have approved the data center, highlighting the complex interplay between energy ambitions and technological growth.