{"id":57526,"date":"2025-12-31T11:08:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/market-opens-flat-brookfield-ventures-into-ai-cloud-with-100-billion-program-trump-comments-on-border-patrol\/57526\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T11:08:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:08:39","slug":"market-opens-flat-brookfield-ventures-into-ai-cloud-with-100-billion-program-trump-comments-on-border-patrol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/market-opens-flat-brookfield-ventures-into-ai-cloud-with-100-billion-program-trump-comments-on-border-patrol\/57526\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Opens Flat; Brookfield Ventures into AI Cloud with $100 Billion Program; Trump Comments on Border Patrol"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>U.S. major indices opened marginally higher on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/indices\/sp500\/today\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"snp500 today\">S&amp;P 500<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/indices\/dowjones\/today\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Dow Jones Today\">Dow Jones<\/a>, and Nasdaq all posting gains of less than 0.03%.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Brookfield (<a href=\"\/stock\/BN\">BN<\/a>) is launching a new cloud business specifically designed to reduce the cost of Artificial Intelligence (AI) operations, supported by a massive $100 billion global AI Infrastructure program.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The initiative includes a new $10 billion Brookfield Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Fund (BAIIF) and a partnership with NVIDIA (<a href=\"\/stock\/NVDA\">NVDA<\/a>) and the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Former President Donald Trump, via Truth Social, praised the Border Patrol&#39;s work and its significant Hispanic heritage, while also criticizing Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass regarding housing permits.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Market Opens with Modest Gains<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. equity markets began the final trading day of 2025 with slight upward momentum. The <strong>S&amp;P 500 (<a href=\"\/stock\/%5EGSPC\">^GSPC<\/a>)<\/strong> rose by <strong>2.03 points<\/strong>, or <strong>0.03 percent<\/strong>, to reach <strong>6,898.27<\/strong> after the market opened. Similarly, the <strong>Dow Jones Industrial Average (<a href=\"\/stock\/%5EDJI\">^DJI<\/a>)<\/strong> saw an increase of <strong>15.74 points<\/strong>, or <strong>0.03 percent<\/strong>, trading at <strong>48,382.80<\/strong>. The <strong>Nasdaq Composite (<a href=\"\/stock\/%5EIXIC\">^IXIC<\/a>)<\/strong> also posted a modest gain, up <strong>3.94 points<\/strong>, or <strong>0.02 percent<\/strong>, to <strong>23,423.02<\/strong> following the market open. These early movements indicate a relatively quiet start to the trading session.<\/p>\n<h2>Brookfield Unveils Ambitious AI Cloud Venture<\/h2>\n<p>In a significant move for the technology and infrastructure sectors, <strong>Brookfield (<a href=\"\/stock\/BN\">BN<\/a>)<\/strong> is reportedly establishing a new cloud business aimed at <em>substantially lowering the cost of Artificial Intelligence (AI)<\/em>. This strategic initiative, first reported by <em>The Information<\/em>, positions Brookfield to compete with major tech giants like Amazon (<a href=\"\/stock\/AMZN\">AMZN<\/a>) by offering more cost-effective AI development solutions.<\/p>\n<p>The private-equity firm is anchoring this expansion with a <strong>$100 billion global AI Infrastructure program<\/strong>, launched in partnership with <strong>NVIDIA (<a href=\"\/stock\/NVDA\">NVDA<\/a>)<\/strong> and the <strong>Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA)<\/strong>. A core component of this program is the <strong>Brookfield Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Fund (BAIIF)<\/strong>, which targets <strong>$10 billion in equity commitments<\/strong> to invest across the AI value chain. BAIIF has already secured <strong>$5 billion<\/strong> in capital commitments from its founding partners.<\/p>\n<p>Brookfield&#39;s new cloud service, named <strong>Radiant<\/strong>, will operate as an <strong>NVIDIA Cloud Partner<\/strong>, providing full-stack AI services by leveraging Brookfield&#39;s extensive infrastructure assets, including land, power, and data centers globally. Radiant plans to build AI factories based on NVIDIA&#39;s DSX reference design, aiming for rapid deployment and scalability to meet the growing demands of AI. This venture marks Brookfield as the first major investment firm to directly lease chips within data centers to developers, moving beyond just owning the physical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<h2>Trump Comments on Border Patrol and Los Angeles Mayor<\/h2>\n<p>In political news, former President Donald Trump shared his views on Truth Social. He commended <strong>Paul Perez<\/strong> and the <strong>Border Patrol<\/strong> for what he described as a &quot;fantastic job,&quot; noting with pride that <em>more than half of the Border Patrol agents are of Hispanic heritage<\/em>. In the same post, Trump criticized Los Angeles Mayor <strong>Karen Bass<\/strong>, alleging that she &quot;hasn\u2019t even gotten the permits for people rebuilding their homes after the record&quot;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways U.S. major indices opened marginally higher on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, with the S&amp;P 500, Dow Jones, and 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