Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy

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5. NextEra to build 15 gigawatts of power for data centers by 2035 - almost all of it natural gas

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/nextera-to-build-15-gigawatts-of-power-for-data-centers-by-2035/ar-AA1RWyEi

NextEra to build 15 gigawatts of power for data centers by 2035, CNBC, 12/8/25

. . . A gigawatt is roughly equivalent to more than 800,000 homes based on average household electricity consumption in 2024, according to the Energy Information Administration.

. . . The data center hubs will use all forms of energy, Ketchum said. NextEra announced a deal with Google in October to restart the Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Iowa through a power purchase agreement. ((Duane Arnold is 615 MW = 0.615 GW, per NextEra. It was shut down in 2020 --progree))

The data center hubs will help NextEra meet its target of building four to eight gigawatts of new gas generation by 2032 and considerably more by 2035, Ketchum said. NextEra is developing a pipeline of 20 gigawatts of gas generation.

Ketchum acknowledged that the huge power demand from AI data centers is raising affordability concerns. He said the solution is for the big tech companies to bring their own power generation with them when they commit to build a data center.

(all underlining and highlighting is progree's)

No mention at all of any solar or wind in this article.

More about NextEra and the Duane Arnold nuclear power plant - but note that it (0.6 GW) is almost trivial compared to 20 GW of natural gas.
https://newsroom.nexteraenergy.com/NextEra-Energy-and-Google-Announce-New-Collaboration-to-Accelerate-Nuclear-Energy-Deployment-in-the-U-S?l=12

Fun excerpt quoting the NextEra CEO --

Thanks to the leadership of the Trump Administration, Google and NextEra Energy are answering the call of America’s golden age of power demand

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So they got the memo about who to suck up to if they want anything approved