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NextEra Energy, one of the world’s biggest renewable energy producers, announced a series of deals aimed at meeting surging demand for electricity to run artificial intelligence systems.

In separate statements, NextEra said Monday that it will partner with Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud to develop data centers across the U.S. and agreed to supply about 2.5 gigawatts of clean-energy capacity to Meta, which owns Facebook. NextEra also is buying a natural gas retailer and plans to evaluate new gas-fired power plants in the Midwest.

The flurry of announcements underscores the energy industry’s intensifying focus on technology companies’ data centers . After decades of flat demand, U.S. power use

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