Google, NextEra expand collaboration to develop nuclear-powered gigawatt AI campuses

Photo: Control room of the Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo, Iowa. Circa 1974. Photo source: US Department of Energy via Flickr. US government work. Article by Aman Tripathi. Interesting Engineering – December 13, 2025.

NextEra Energy and Google Cloud announced a significant expansion of their ongoing collaboration, creating a partnership designed to develop multiple gigawatt (GW)-scale data center campuses across the United States. This new initiative builds upon a substantial existing portfolio between the two companies, which already encompasses approximately 3.5 GW of power capacity that is either currently in operation or under contract. […]

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