Bloom Energy and Brookfield said on Tuesday they had expanded their partnership to finance power projects for AI infrastructure, boosting their funding framework fivefold to $25 billion to accelerate the global deployment of Bloom's fuel cells. Shares of Bloom Energy surged 12% in extended trading. Brookfield in October had agreed to invest up to $5 billion in Bloom's fuel cell technology to power data centers, as companies seek cleaner energy to meet the needs of the AI boom.