As the artificial intelligence economy gains steam, experts expect the energy-hungry technology to increase power needs.
For years, electricity demand in the U.S. was relatively stable, but that is expected to change as data centers need more power for complex artificial intelligence computation. Microsoft Corp. (ticker: MSFT), Alphabet Inc.’s (GOOG, GOOGL) Google and Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) want nuclear power to run data centers.
Nuclear energy is a source of power that can keep homes and businesses humming along when renewables can’t because the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing.
With that in mind, here is a look at five stocks and funds investors can use to play the nuclear renaissance.
This post originally appeared at U.S. News & World Report.