US power utility NextEra Energy and Google Cloud are expanding their long-standing energy and technology collaboration. They plan to partner to develop multiple, new gigawatt (GW)-scale data centre campuses with accompanying generation and capacity. The companies will also collaborate on NextEra Energy’s enterprise-wide digital transformation, using Google Cloud AI and infrastructure, to accelerate technological innovation and AI deployment.
The first commercial product is expected to be available in the Google Cloud Marketplace by mid-2026. The work will include:
- Dynamic, AI-enhanced field operations: By integrating Google’s generative and agentic AI capabilities with NextEra Energy’s asset data, NextEra Energy will more accurately predict equipment issues and proactively respond by navigating supply chain bottlenecks, crew availability and weather disruptions.
- Enabling a more reliable and resilient grid: Storms, unprecedented growth and aging assets all present unique challenges to today’s grid. Pairing NextEra Energy’s capabilities with Google’s latest time-series open-source forecasting model (TimesFM 2.5), weather forecasting model (WeatherNext 2) and security-constrained power flow modeling will give NextEra Energy and its customers better insights into system optimisation opportunities.
The companies also agreed to jointly develop multiple GW-scale data centre campuses across the United States. This collaborative approach will enable the rapid development of the land, load interconnection and supporting generation and capacity resources needed to deliver continued data centre growth. The companies are currently developing the first three campuses and are collaborating to identify additional locations and expansion plans
“Our partnership with Google exemplifies this very singular moment when energy and technology are becoming inextricably intertwined,” said NextEra Energy Chairman & CEO John Ketchum. “Together, we intend to build data centre capacity and energy infrastructure at scale, advance cutting-edge technology and reimagine how energy companies operate.”
“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.”
NextEra Energy and Google have approximately 3.5 GW in operation or contracted. Most recently, the companies announced the restart of the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa followed by two new long-term power purchase agreements to add 600 MWe of energy capacity to Oklahoma’s electricity grid to support Google’s technology infrastructure.
