NextEra Energy has partnered with Google Cloud to develop several gigawatt-scale data center campuses and the associated generation and capacity needed to power them.

The companies are currently developing the first three campuses and are collaborating to identify additional locations and expansion plans. Details on any of the campuses were not shared.

"Our partnership with Google exemplifies this very singular moment when energy and technology are becoming inextricably intertwined," said NextEra Energy chairman and CEO John Ketchum. "Together, we intend to build data center capacity and energy infrastructure at scale, advance cutting-edge technology, and reimagine how energy companies operate. By combining NextEra Energy's unmatched skills as America's leading energy infrastructure builder and operator, with Google's world-class technology expertise, we will help transform the energy sector."

As part of the partnership, Google Cloud will integrate its generative and agentic AI capabilities with NextEra Energy's asset data to help the company predict equipment issues and other bottlenecks, preventing outages.

The partnership will also provide access to Google's latest time-series open source forecasting model (TimesFM 2.5), weather forecasting model (WeatherNext 2), and security-constrained power flow modeling. This, they claim, will provide “NextEra Energy and its customers better insights into system optimization opportunities, enhancing utilities' planning and grid management efforts to keep costs affordable while making electric service more reliable and resilient.”

"Working with NextEra Energy to power our infrastructure growth further strengthens our long-standing collaboration and will help us meet increasing demand from our customers as they deploy AI technologies at scale," said Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian. "By infusing NextEra Energy's deep domain expertise with Google Cloud's AI infrastructure, platform, and models, we can together support the digital future of energy infrastructure."

The first commercial product is expected to be available in the Google Cloud Marketplace by mid-2026.

The deal builds on an established partnership between the two companies, with more than 3.5GW of power in operation or under contract. In October, the two companies signed a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement to support the restart of the 615MW Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa.

The PPA is expected to provide the investment needed to restart the plant and cover the costs of producing the energy, which Google will use for its AI operations. According to the search engine giant, the plant is expected to start delivering power by 2029.