NextEra Energy returns to Palm Beach after Oklahoma data center talks.

NextEra Energy flew from Oklahoma City to its Palm Beach base on June 4, landing at 4:12 p.m. local time after a 2-hour, 30-minute flight in its Embraer Praetor 600, tail N31MW. The trip from KOKC to KPBI is a return to headquarters — and follows a day spent in a state central to the company's expansion into data center power.

Oklahoma City sits near the region where NextEra Energy, under CEO John Ketchum, is aggressively pursuing what it calls "bring-your-own-generation" deals for AI data centers. As covered by Reuters in a December 2025 report on a NextEra-Google Cloud partnership, the utility plans to add 15 gigawatts or more of new power generation for data centers by 2035. That build-out includes natural-gas-fired plants with carbon capture and the restart of Iowa's Duane Arnold nuclear reactor to power Google data centers, per the same report.

The June 4 flight fits a pattern: NextEra Energy's three Praetor 600s frequently hop between Florida and central U.S. hubs like KIAH, KORD, KAUS, KOMA and KSFO. This visit to Oklahoma City — a state where NextEra Energy is pursuing large-scale data center campuses — suggests a working meeting on the next wave of power contracts.