NextEra, Google accelerate US data center build-out with new deals

By Vallari Srivastava and Laila Kearney Dec 8 (Reuters) - U.S. utility company NextEra Energy has expanded its partnership with Alphabet's Google Cloud to build new energy supplies for the company's operations across the U.S., the groups said on Monday. NextEra and Google currently have ​3.5 gigawatts of electricity generation - enough to power about 2.5 million homes - in operation or contracted. As part of the new deal, ‌the companies will develop multiple new large-scale data center campuses in the U ...