Latham & Watkins Advises Brookfield in US$5 Billion Strategic AI Infrastructure Partnership
Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) and Brookfield have announced a US$5 billion strategic partnership for the development of AI infrastructure globally. The partnership will form Brookfield’s first investment in its dedicated AI Infrastructure strategy focused on investing in large AI factories, power solutions, compute infrastructure, and strategic capital partnerships. At the center of the new partnership with Bloom, Brookfield will invest up to US$5 billion to deploy Bloom’s advanced fuel cell technology for AI factories globally.
Latham & Watkins LLP represents Brookfield in the transaction with a team led by partners James Garrett, Justin T. Stolte, and Conrad Andersen. Advice on corporate matters was provided by partners by James Garrett, Justin T. Stolte and Jason Webber, with associates Matt de Bernardo, Philip Killeen, Alexandra Cumberland, Robert Cunningham, Tasbiha Batool, and Dylan Brown, with assistance from Diego Diaz. Advice on financing matters was provided by partners Warren Lilien, Kelly Cataldo, and Conrad Andersen, with associates Kara Burkett, Cáit O’Neill, Alex Reiher, Tianyu Wang, and Brian Flynn. Advice on project development matters was provided by Jonathan Katz, with associate Silvia Martin. Other advice was provided by partners Bora Bozkurt, Tyler Brown, Marc Campopiano, Scott Cockerham, Robert Frances, Natasha Gianvecchio, Adam Goldberg, and Eli Katz; counsel Aaron Friberg; and associates Andrew Abokhair, Amirali Azinfar, Andrea Herman, Lucas Migliano, Jecoliah Williams, and Yi (Johnny) Zhuang.