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NESO to invest £267 million in control-room digital modernisation
NESO's chief information officer set out the operator's Sector Digitalisation Plan and a planned energy system digital spine for secure data sharing across the industry. The operator is investing £267 million to modernise control-room digital systems and deploy AI for asset dispatch.
Our read£267 million into control-room systems is a concrete figure behind an otherwise abstract digitalisation push, worth tracking against delivery rather than intent.
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