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Brookfield Data Center Capex and Sites

Brookfield acquired Compass Datacenters with OTPP in 2023 (about $5.5 billion per Reuters) and Cyxtera's assets for US$1.3 billion including real estate, combining Cyxtera with Evoque as Centersquare. BIP holds more than 485MW operating and 775MW contracted with a $9.6 billion capital backlog and $64 billion enterprise value. In Europe, Brookfield's French AI infrastructure commitment was raised to €30 billion (about $34 billion), and its thesis paper sizes the AI infrastructure opportunity at over $7 trillion over the next decade.

Updated October 8, 2026 2 named sites 12 financing transactions 5 sourced facts 33 sources
Brookfield (BAM / Brookfield Infrastructure Partners)
Private equity and infrastructure
Financing regimelisted infrastructure vehicle and managed fund equity with pension co-investment
Named sites
2
Site-level commitments the atlas ties to Brookfield (BAM / Brookfield Infrastructure Partners)
Disclosed site capital
$110B
Sum of named sites with a stated dollar figure. Not a capex total; see the spending table
Disclosed capacity
2,300 MW
Sum of named sites with a stated megawatt figure
Financing transactions
12
Transactions naming Brookfield (BAM / Brookfield Infrastructure Partners) or tied to one of its sites
Spending

Reported and guided spending

Audited, reported and guided figures as the filing or release states them. Reported lines are what was spent; guidance is what management said it expects. They are shown side by side and never combined.

PeriodKindAmountAs statedSources
May 2026 disclosure backlog $9.6B
BIP capital backlog $9.6 billion; enterprise value $64 billion
2026 aum ≥$1.00T
BAM AUM over $1 trillion (cited in NVIDIA financing-partner announcement and French commitment release)
next three years (per disclosure) guidance n.a.
plans to build roughly 1GW of data center capacity over three years; more than 485MW operating plus 775MW contracted, exceeding 1.25GW
Named sites

Where Brookfield (BAM / Brookfield Infrastructure Partners) builds

Kentucky
1 site · $100B disclosed
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Mississippi
1 site · $10.0B disclosed
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SiteStatePlaceCapitalMWStatusSources
Paducah American Energy Hub
with Brookfield, NextEra Energy, US Department of Energy, Big Rivers Electric Power Corporation, Jackson Purchase Energy Cooperative, Paducah Power System
 Kentucky Paducah, McCracken County ≥$100B 1,800 announced
Compass Datacenters Meridian hyperscale campus
with Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
 Mississippi Meridian, Lauderdale County $10.0B 500 announced
Financing

Financing transactions

Transactions that name Brookfield (BAM / Brookfield Infrastructure Partners) as a party or attach to one of its named sites. Amounts are as stated; overlapping commitments are never summed.

PartiesInstrumentAmountDateSiteSources
Nvidia + Apollo + BlackRock + Blackstone + Brookfield + Goldman Sachs + KKR
On August 10, 2026 Nvidia announced strategic partnerships with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to establish AI compute infrastructure financing platforms intended to mobilize over $500 billion of third-party capital over time.
 platform ≥$500B August 10, 2026 n.a.
US Department of Energy + Brookfield + NextEra Energy + Big Rivers Electric Power Corporation + Jackson Purchase Energy Cooperative + Paducah Power System
The US Department of Energy selected Brookfield to develop and operate a 1.8 GW AI data center campus on federally owned land at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in western Kentucky, with NextEra Energy building and owning the generation and storage. Brookfield leases approximately 600 acres on the site. Reported as the largest economic development project in Kentucky's history.
 platform $100B Announced 29-30 July 2026 Paducah American Energy Hub (KY)
United States Government + Westinghouse Electric Company + Brookfield Asset Management + Cameco Corporation
The United States Government announced a strategic partnership with Westinghouse and its owners Brookfield Asset Management and Cameco to deploy a fleet of AP1000 reactors, with a minimum aggregate value of $80 billion. Reporting on the terms describes a government participation interest entitling it to 20% of cash distributions above $17.5 billion following issuance. Westinghouse cited 45,000 manufacturing and engineering jobs per two-unit project across 43 states.
 platform ≥$80.0B Announced 28 October 2025 n.a.
Brookfield + Data4
Brookfield's French commitment sits within a global AI infrastructure initiative of $100 billion and a dedicated AI infrastructure fund of $10 billion; the €10 billion increase is corroborated by Baxtel.
 platform ~$34.0B initial €20 billion commitment subsequently raised by €10 billion n.a.
Brookfield Infrastructure + Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan + RedBird Capital Partners + Azrieli Group + RedBird Capital Partners (seller) + Azrieli Group (seller)
OTPP co-acquired Compass Datacenters with Brookfield Infrastructure from RedBird Capital Partners and Azrieli Group in June 2023. Reuters put the deal at approximately $5.5 billion.
 acquisition ~$5.5B June 2023 n.a.
Brookfield + Bloom Energy
Brookfield agreed to invest up to $5 billion to deploy Bloom Energy solid oxide fuel cell systems as onsite generation for AI data centers globally. Bloom stated it had deployed 1.5 GW across more than 1,200 installations at the time of announcement, with systems already operating at American Electric Power, Equinix and Oracle facilities.
 platform ~$5.0B Announced 13 October 2025 n.a.
NVIDIA + Brookfield Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Fund + Kuwait Investment Authority
Bloomberg reported on 17 September 2026 that investor documents show NVIDIA committed $2 billion to the Brookfield Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Fund, revealing the size of a previously disclosed investment. The fund targets $10 billion, has NVIDIA and the Kuwait Investment Authority as anchor investors, and invests globally in AI factories, dedicated behind-the-meter power and compute infrastructure. The commitment is a fund pledge, not deployed North American capital
 fund commitment $2.0B Reported 17 September 2026 from investor documents. Reported by Bloomberg n.a.
Brookfield Infrastructure + Cyxtera + Evoque
Brookfield acquired substantially all of Cyxtera's assets through portfolio company Evoque after Cyxtera's June 2023 Chapter 11; the combined platform was rebranded Centersquare.
 acquisition $1.3B asset purchase agreement dated November 1, 2023; completed January 16, 2024 n.a.
Csquare, Inc. + Brookfield + Morgan Stanley + TD Securities + Wells Fargo Securities + BofA Securities + BMO Capital Markets + Scotiabank
Brookfield-backed Csquare priced its NYSE IPO under ticker CSQR. The company runs carrier-neutral colocation and interconnection data centers across U.S., Canadian and U.K. markets. Net proceeds go to repaying debt and offering costs The sale of 50,000,000 shares closed on 17 July 2026 with net proceeds of $1,010.0 million after underwriting discounts, per the company 8-K
 equity raise ~$1.1B Priced 15 July 2026; closed 17 July 2026 n.a.
5C Group + Brookfield Asset Management
AI data center developer 5C secured $605 million of debt led by Brookfield Asset Management. 5C said the money will fund acquisition and construction of a campus in Memphis, Tennessee, and development of campuses in Phoenix, Arizona, and Ohio. The company reports more than 1.5 GW in its pipeline
 debt facility $605M Announced 10 August 2026 n.a.
Brookfield + Data4
Brookfield acquired France's Data4, covering 31 data centers in six countries.
 acquisition n.a. 2023 n.a.
Brookfield Asset Management + American Real Estate Partners (AREP) + Rothschild & Co (AREP adviser)
Brookfield affiliates agreed to buy a minority interest in AREP, a Washington DC-area investor with more than $30 billion deployed or committed. AREP has 32 million square feet of hyperscale data centers in development across the United States
 acquisition n.a. Announced 14 September 2026; expected to close Q4 2026 n.a.
The record

Sourced facts on Brookfield (BAM / Brookfield Infrastructure Partners)

  • Cyxtera had filed for Chapter 11 in June 2023; the combined Centersquare platform holds 400MW of capacity and 1.9 million sq ft, with 200MW of potential expansion, 320MW brought to market across more than 50 locations and 100MW of near-term under-roof expansion.
  • Brookfield's thesis paper sizes the AI infrastructure opportunity at over $7 trillion over the next decade, split $2T AI factories, $0.5T power and transmission, $4T compute and $0.5T adjacencies.
  • Ascenty is a Latin American joint venture with Digital Realty; figures n.a. (page not fetched in this session).
  • A specific $10B French AI campus at Cadarache is n.a. on the evidence gathered.
  • Compass is co-named on the cancelled PW Digital Gateway, valued at $24.7 billion in blocked/delayed capital.
Sources

Sources for Brookfield (BAM / Brookfield Infrastructure Partners)

Every source cited on this page, once each. The full atlas source register is at Capital Atlas sources.

Private equity and infrastructure: one page each

Antin Infrastructure Partners 0Apollo Global Management 0Ares Management 2BlackRock / GIP / AI Infrastructure Partnership 0Blackstone 5Brookfield (BAM / Brookfield Infrastructure Partners) 2Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners 1DigitalBridge 5EQT 1Global Infrastructure Partners (as a distinct platform) 0I Squared Capital 0IPI Partners / Blue Owl 1KKR 3Macquarie Asset Management 1Oaktree Capital Management 1Pensions & Sovereign Wealth Funds (CalPERS, CPPIB, CDPQ/La Caisse, OTPP, PSP, ADIA, GIC, Mubadala, MGX) 0Silver Lake 0Stonepeak 2The Carlyle Group 2

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