NextEra Energy arrives in Los Angeles as data-center power deals accelerate

NextEra Energy landed its Embraer Praetor 600 (N31MW) at Los Angeles International Airport on May 26, 2026, after a 5-hour, 8-minute flight from its Palm Beach International base. The trip comes at a moment when the utility holding company is deepening its role as the power supplier of choice for hyperscale data centers, particularly those fueling artificial intelligence.

This week, NextEra Energy is making headlines for its advanced talks to add nine gigawatts of nuclear capacity and its renewed partnership with Google Cloud to develop multiple large-scale data center campuses across the U.S., per a Reuters report from December and an Industrial Info analysis this quarter. Los Angeles, a hub for tech and AI infrastructure negotiations, is a logical place for NextEra Energy to meet with data-center developers, utilities, and regulators — the kind of face-to-face deal-making that has become routine for CEO John Ketchum, who often operates from the company’s Florida headquarters.

The flight to LAX follows a pattern of multi-city business swings: earlier in May, NextEra Energy’s fleet visited Iowa (Duane Arnold nuclear restart site), Virginia (Seabrook-related talks), and New Jersey, suggesting a continuous circuit of power-plant negotiations. For a company planning to place 15 gigawatts of new generation for data centers in service by 2035, every destination is a potential conference room.