With a new $10 billion fund and “Radiant” cloud service, Brookfield is merging real estate, energy, and silicon to challenge the Silicon Valley giants
In a move that signals the deepening fusion of heavy industry and high technology, Brookfield is launching its own cloud computing business to lease artificial intelligence chips directly to developers. The venture, first reported by The Information, represents a strategic gambit to capture the entire “value chain” of the AI era—from the physical real estate of the data center to the power that cools it and the silicon that powers it.
The cloud operation, reportedly dubbed Radiant, will be fueled by a fresh $10 billion AI fund. According to sources familiar with the strategy, Radiant will have priority access to a sprawling international pipeline of data center projects currently under development in France, Qatar, and Sweden.
This vertical integration follows Brookfield’s ambitious $100 billion AI infrastructure program unveiled in November. That initiative is anchored by heavyweights, including the Kuwait Investment Authority and Nvidia, the latter of which increasingly finds itself not just as a supplier to the industry, but as an architect of its infrastructure.
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Brookfield’s pivot underscores a growing market anxiety: the physical constraints of AI. As “pure-play” cloud providers struggle with power-grid strain and utility pressures, Brookfield’s massive portfolio of renewable energy and real estate allows it to bypass the logistical bottlenecks that plague traditional tech giants.
For established titans like Amazon, Microsoft, and Oracle, the entry of a global landlord into the cloud market creates a new kind of pressure. No longer is the competition merely over software; it is now a war of energy logistics and capital efficiency—one where the company that owns the ground may soon dictate the rules of the sky.
