BP Drops UK Hydrogen Plan Amid Site Clash With Data Center

BP Plc is abandoning plans to proceed with its big Teesside hydrogen plant in England’s northeast, after the project clashed with a proposal for a large data center on the same site.

A planning application granted by local authorities for a data center on the same piece of land has now rendered the two projects “incompatible,” BP said in a letter to the UK regulator. The British energy giant also cited deteriorating demand. The company said it still expects to move ahead with its gas-fired power station with carbon capture at Teesside, as well as a regional carbon storage scheme.