By Matt DiLallo
Publication Date: 2025-11-19 19:35:00
Brookfield unveils a bold plan to invest in AI infrastructure.
Brookfield Corporation (BN +0.05%) believes AI could become the most impactful general-purpose technology in human history. However, there’s a caveat. The technology will require a massive buildout of physical infrastructure to support its adoption. The global investment firm expects total spending on AI-related infrastructure will top $7 trillion over the next decade.
The company is at the forefront of capitalizing on this once-in-a-generation opportunity to build out the digital backbone infrastructure of the future. It’s launching a $100 billion AI infrastructure program to support the needs of the AI industry. It counts semiconductor giant Nvidia (NVDA +2.47%) among its founding investors in this initiative.
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Introducing the Brookfield AI Infrastructure Fund
Brookfield Asset Management (BAM +0.84%), a leading global alternative investment manager formed by Brookfield Corporation, is launching its first Brookfield AI Infrastructure Fund (BAIF). The investment manager aims to raise $10 billion in equity capital in the fund to invest in backbone AI infrastructure. It plans to invest across the entire spectrum of AI’s infrastructure needs, from land and energy to data centers and compute capacity. Brookfield has already secured $5 billion in capital commitments from a select group of leading institutional investors and industry players, including its parent company (Brookfield…