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Brookfield Infrastructure Rises 3.8% as FFO Grows 10% and AI Investment Pipeline Expands

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE: BIP) shares rose about 3.8% after the company reported 10% third-quarter FFO growth and highlighted a rapidly expanding pipeline of AI infrastructure investments.

Third-quarter FFO increased to $717 million, or $0.91 per unit, from $654 million, or $0.83 per unit, a year earlier. The quarter marked the third consecutive period in which BIP achieved its 10% FFO growth target. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="0"}

Growth was broad-based, led by the Data segment, where FFO rose 25% to $172 million. Transport FFO increased 10%, Midstream rose 14%, and Utilities grew 5%. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="1"}

Brookfield also highlighted accelerating AI infrastructure activity, including a partnership with NAVER to develop more than 200 MW of compute capacity in South Korea as part of a project expected to require about $9 billion of capital. BIP’s net equity commitment is expected to be approximately $100 million. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="2"}

The company deployed about $1.7 billion of equity year to date and expects additional asset sales could generate more than $1 billion of incremental proceeds before year-end. Corporate liquidity stood at approximately $3.2 billion. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="3"} :chatgpt-content-reference{index="4"}

The 3.8% share gain appears to reflect steady FFO growth, strong data infrastructure performance and increasing visibility into AI-related capital deployment opportunities.

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WS Investor 11-06-26

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners reported strong full-year 2025 results, highlighting robust capital recycling, higher earnings, and accelerating growth in data and AI-related infrastructure.

For the year ended December 31, 2025, Brookfield Infrastructure generated net income attributable to the partnership of $1.1 billion, a sharp increase from $391 million in 2024. Funds from operations (FFO) rose to $2.6 billion, or $3.32 per unit, up 6% year over year and 10% above normalized FFO. Performance was supported by strong organic growth driven by inflation indexation, higher volumes across core infrastructure assets, and the commissioning of more than $1.5 billion in new capital projects, partially offset by earnings foregone from over $3 billion of asset sales.

Segment results were led by transport with FFO of $1.14 billion, followed by utilities at $786 million and midstream at $668 million. The data segment delivered the fastest growth, with FFO surging over 50% year over year to $502 million, reflecting new investments, hyperscale data center expansions, and the full contribution of a U.S. bulk fiber network. Brookfield Infrastructure’s data platform now represents approximately 3.6 GW of development potential, positioning it for long-term growth tied to digitalization and AI infrastructure demand.

In 2025, the partnership exceeded its $3 billion capital recycling target, raising a record $3.1 billion in proceeds, while deploying $1.5 billion into new investments. Strategic activity included power generation projects for U.S. data centers under a framework agreement with Bloom Energy, the acquisition of a South Korean industrial gas business, and the purchase of a railcar leasing platform in partnership with GATX. Management expects FFO to inflect higher in 2026 as these investments fully contribute and as the growth pipeline expands further into AI-related infrastructure.

Brookfield Infrastructure also announced a 6% increase in its quarterly distribution to $0.455 per unit, payable on March 31, 2026, reflecting confidence in cash flow growth and capital recycling momentum.

Source: GlobeNewswire

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The Investor 01-29-26

GATX Corporation and Brookfield Infrastructure completed the acquisition of Wells Fargo’s rail operating lease portfolio, adding about 101,000 railcars in a transaction valued at approximately $4.2 billion. The deal expands GATX’s North American railcar fleet and is expected to be modestly accretive to earnings in the first full year after closing.

Brookfield Infrastructure separately acquired Wells Fargo’s rail finance lease portfolio, while GATX will manage the rail assets within the joint venture.

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European Investor 01-05-26

Brookfield Infrastructure lifts Q3 FFO, hits asset-sale target; eyes AI power deals and higher buybacks

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners reported Q3 2025 FFO of $654 million, or $0.83 per unit, up 9% year over year, and net income of $440 million as inflation-linked revenues, midstream strength, and newly commissioned projects offset income foregone from disposals. The partnership generated over $3 billion of proceeds from 12 asset sales year-to-date (realized IRR >20%, ~4x MOIC) and redeployed about $1 billion into new acquisitions, including Hotwire Communications and Colonial Enterprises, with another $500 million of deals expected to close by early 2026.

Strategy updates featured a $5 billion framework with Bloom Energy; the first 55 MW behind-the-meter project for a U.S. AI data center is slated to complete in Q4 2025. Liquidity ended the quarter at $5.5 billion with less than 1% of non-recourse debt maturing in the next 12 months. The board declared a quarterly distribution of $0.43 per BIP unit and an equivalent BIPC dividend, both payable December 31, 2025 to holders of record November 28, 2025. Management plans to step up unit repurchases under its NCIB while BIPC explores an at-the-market program expected to be net non-dilutive over time.

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Global Finance News 11-07-25

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners will hold its third quarter 2025 conference call and webcast on Friday, November 7, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. (ET).

Results will be released that morning before 7:00 a.m. (ET).

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The Investor 10-03-25

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