U.S. stocks opened lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.2%, the S&P 500 down 0.3%, and the Nasdaq down 0.6%. Meta Platforms (META.O) rose 6%, reportedly building a cloud business to sell excess AI computing power. Storage stocks declined, with SanDisk (SNDK.O) down 7.5%, Western Digital (WDC.O) down over 4%, and Micron Technology (MU.O) down 6%.