Spain's Solaria to build solar plant for Uruguay data center

Spanish clean-energy company Solaria Energía y Medio Ambiente SA plans to build a solar plant in Uruguay to power a 500-megawatt data center near Montevideo, according to a person familiar with the matter. Timelines and investment figures were not disclosed.

• Solaria will build a solar plant in Uruguay
• The data center near Montevideo will have 500 MW of capacity
• The project will power AI infrastructure in the region