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October 13, 2025
Bloom Energy Brookfield AI Data Center Deal: Bloom Energy’s stock surged on Monday after the company revealed a partnership with Brookfield Asset Management. The deal focuses on bringing Bloom’s advanced fuel cell technology to artificial intelligence data centers.
Brookfield plans to invest as much as $5 billion to deploy these systems — a move that kicks off its strategy to power and support the growing AI infrastructure.
Bloom says its fuel cells are versatile and can run on natural gas, biogas, or hydrogen, making them a flexible solution for clean and consistent energy.
Brookfield and Bloom have joined forces to develop a new generation of “AI factories” worldwide. Their first site, based in Europe, is set to be revealed before the end of the year.
Following the announcement, Bloom Energy’s stock surged nearly 30% in early trading. The company’s fuel cells can generate power directly on-site and are easy to deploy since they don’t depend on the traditional electric grid.
Bloom has already rolled out hundreds of megawatts of its fuel cells through partnerships with major utilities like American Electric Power. It has also teamed up with data center developers such as Equinix and Oracle to expand its reach.
The scale of AI-driven data center projects continues to surge. Recently, Nvidia and OpenAI announced a plan to construct facilities totaling 10 gigawatts of capacity — about the same amount of power New York City uses at the height of summer.
AI companies are hitting limits with the aging U.S. electric grid, which often can’t supply the extra power they need. This strain could also drive up electricity costs for regular households.
Sikander Rashid, Brookfield’s global head of AI infrastructure, says that using “behind-the-meter” or off-grid power solutions is key to bridging the energy gap for AI factories.
“AI infrastructure should be built like a high-efficiency factory—focused, fast, and scalable,” said Bloom Energy CEO KR Sridhar. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC that the AI industry will need to generate its own power off the grid.
This strategy can meet surging demand quickly and help prevent higher electricity bills for consumers. “Self-powered data centers can respond much faster than relying on the traditional grid, and that’s exactly what we have to do,” Huang said.
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