HOUSTON, March 23 (Reuters) - NextEra Energy ( NEE ) has

secured land in Texas for a gas-fired plant to power a large

data center campus backed by a U.S.-Japan agreement, the

company's CEO said on Monday.

The power provider announced last week that the

administration of Donald Trump approved the development of two

large gas plants, totaling about 10 gigawatts, in Texas and

Pennsylvania to help meet the surging electricity needs of data

centers.

Under the agreement, the $33 billion projects would be

developed and operated by NextEra but owned jointly by the

United States and Japan as part of a broader trade deal between

the two countries.