(Knox, IN) - An enormous solar farm is going up outside of Knox. Officials said the solar farm would generate enough electricity to power 75,000 households in the Midwest.

Officials say $1.5 billion is being invested in generating electricity from the sun at a solar farm touted as one of the largest in the nation. Solar panels will go on 13,000 acres in Starke and Pulaski counties.

The solar farm expects to create 500 construction jobs and up to 50 full-time permanent positions.

A groundbreaking attended by Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb was held yesterday. The project is expected to take three years to build.