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National Grid (NG): news on Monday 2 November 2026
News from the 24 hours to Monday morning, 2 November 2026.
Tone of the day
What the score means. Each score rates how good or bad the news was for the company, from −10 (clearly bad) to +10 (clearly good). 0 is neutral, and anything beyond ±6 is strong and rare. It rates the coverage, not the share price.
Why it scored this way
Coverage was dominated by National Grid buying land in Teesside for what is described as the UK's largest substation, serving a planned AI data centre. This leans positive as it points to new growth work, alongside a share price rise and an interconnector life extension.
What drove it
- Teesside substation land deal
- AI data centre demand
- share price and interconnector extension
Around this day
| Day | Tone | Headlines |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 27 Oct | +4.5 | 11 |
| Wed 28 Oct | −4.7 | 9 |
| Thu 29 Oct | −2.8 | 10 |
| Fri 30 Oct | +8.3 | 17 |
| Sat 31 Oct | +7.5 | 31 |
| Sun 1 Nov | +5.0 | 4 |
| Mon 2 Nov | +7.0 | 13 |
| Tue 3 Nov | +8.7 | 37 |
3 stories · 13 headlines · strongest first
Utilities on 2 NovemberFTSE 100 that day| Tone | What the article reported, and why it scored that way | |
|---|---|---|
| Teesside land bought by National Grid for large substation serving data centres +8.111 headlines today · 27 in all · Outlets report that National Grid has agreed to purchase Teesside land for a substation that may be the biggest in the UK, close to a planned AI datacentre. | ||
| +7.7 | Deal clears path for large data centre connection, growth opportunity. | |
| +7.5 | Largest substation planned near AI data centre, new business. | |
| +7.5 | Biggest substation in the country planned near AI data centre. | |
| +7.5 | Land purchase for substation serving a planned data centre hub signals growth. | |
| +7.3 | Substation plan advancing to support AI infrastructure demand. | |
| +7.2 | Acquisition of site for potentially very large substation. | |
| +7.2 | Land purchase for what may be the country's largest substation. | |
| +7.0 | Land deal for Teesside substation reported, supports expansion. | |
| +7.0 | Agreement to purchase land for Teesside substation. | |
| +6.7 | Local coverage of big substation planned beside a data centre. | |
| +5.0 | Teesside AI infrastructure story involves the company's substation plans, though only partly. | |
| National Grid share price and outlook commentary +2.91 headline today · 25 in all, since 24 October · A weekly recap mentions the share price rising to about 1,252p and the £400m life-extension of the IFA link to 2050. | ||
| +6.7 | Share price gain and long-term extension of interconnector lifespan. | |
| National Grid Massachusetts winter preparation for customers +0.81 headline today · A piece covers winter preparations aimed at Massachusetts customers. | ||
| +0.8 | US customer winter preparation from its Massachusetts operations, routine. | |
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