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Montevideo, October 16th 2026 - 11:15 UTC

Tag: Solaria Energía

  • Friday, October 16th 2026 - 09:52 UTC

    Uruguay signs a US$5.7 billion data centre investment with Spain’s Solaria

    The project, under a free-trade-zone regime, will allocate US$5.5 billion to the data centres and US$200 million to a 350-megawatt solar plant to supply the complex

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi on Wednesday signed an agreement with Spanish company Solaria Energía y Medio Ambiente to develop a data centre campus of up to 500 megawatts with its own solar generation, a US$5.7 billion investment the government described as the largest in the country’s history. The opposition has demanded explanations about the company’s financial capacity and the jobs the project will create.

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