Ameren is planning to build its largest solar facility yet in mid-Missouri, in part to power data centers.

The solar field would be constructed next to the Callaway nuclear plant in Callaway County. It would be a 250-megawatt center, which could power about 44,000 homes.

That would make it Ameren’s largest solar facility. Last year, the utility brought three new solar facilities online , which are producing 500MW together.

In filings to Missouri regulators, an Ameren official said the new facility is needed to meet expected demand from large-load customers, like data centers. The company says it has received interest from data centers that would potentially need 15GW of new electricity.

“While it is very likely the case that not all of this load will in fact locate and materialize

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