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Company Plans to Accelerate Development of Data Center Campuses and AI Infrastructure to Establish a Leading Digital AI Infrastructure Provider

MONTREAL and NEW YORK, July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- 5C, a next-generation AI infrastructure and data center solutions provider, today announced it has successfully secured $835 million of capital to fuel its rapid growth. The funding includes equity financing led by Brookfield Asset Management and debt financing led by Deutsche Bank.

Brookfield is investing through its Infrastructure Structured Solutions strategy, alongside affiliated entities. This capital will accelerate the development of 5C's state-of-the-art data centers and scalable AI infrastructure across North America, addressing the rapidly growing demand for AI compute capacity and digital infrastructure. The company's ability to quickly and reliably deploy AI infrastructure has positioned it as a key player in the AI ecosystem.

5C designs, develops, and operates advanced data centers and AI compute infrastructure purpose-built at scale for AI training, fine-tuning, and inference workloads. The company has rapidly emerged as a market leader in providing data centers tailored for the latest generation of liquid-cooled GPU clusters, offering comprehensive AI infrastructure solutions for neo-clouds, foundation model companies, AI-native enterprises, and more.

"5C is exceptionally well-positioned to capitalize on the next wave of infrastructure needs driven by AI," said Hamish Kidd, Managing Director in Brookfield's Infrastructure business. "We're excited to support the company's growth, and partner with its outstanding leadership team, to scale its platform across key markets."

Fred Rosenberg, Head of U.S. Private Credit & Infrastructure at Deutsche Bank, said, "Digital infrastructure lending is critically important in today's environment. Our partnership with 5C Group reflects a long and fruitful relationship, and our shared commitment to driving innovation and supporting the next generation of digital infrastructure and AI."

Moelis & Company LLC acted as financial advisor and placement agent to 5C, with Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP serving as its legal counsel. Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP served as legal counsel to Brookfield. Milbank LLP served as legal counsel to Deutsche Bank.

About 5C

5C Group is a next-generation AI Digital Infrastructure provider established from the acquisition of 5C Data Centers by Hypertec Cloud. With over 2 gigawatts (GW) of roadmap capacity and the ability to power hundreds of thousands of GPUs, 5C Group delivers secure, reliable, and sustainable data center and AI infrastructure solutions at scale for the largest AI users with the most demanding workloads. For more information, visit www.5c.ai.

About Brookfield Asset Management

Brookfield Asset Management is a leading global alternative asset manager, headquartered in New York, with over $1 trillion of assets under management across renewable power and transition, infrastructure, private equity, real estate, and credit. Brookfield Asset Management invests client capital for the long term with a focus on real assets and essential service businesses that form the backbone of the global economy. Brookfield Asset Management offers a range of alternative investment products to investors around the world — including public and private pension plans, endowments and foundations, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, insurance companies, and private wealth investors. Brookfield Asset Management draws on Brookfield's heritage as an owner and operator to invest for value and generate strong returns for its clients, across economic cycles.

About Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank provides retail and private banking, corporate and transaction banking, lending, asset and wealth management products and services as well as focused investment banking to private individuals, small and medium-sized companies, corporations, governments and institutional investors. Deutsche Bank is the leading bank in Germany with strong European roots and a global network.