Investing directly in artificial intelligence startups promises lofty returns but is also risky, as it is far from certain who will be left by the wayside in the boom and whether the industry will grow as forecast.
To help reduce this risk, many investors are plowing money into safer stocks of more well-established companies that stand to benefit by serving the data centers that house the computers that crunch the numbers for AI computations. The safer bets are utilities, both those that provide electricity to power servers and others that provide water to cool them.
With that in mind, here’s a look at seven top water stocks and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, that include utilities as well as other types of companies.
This post originally appeared at U.S. News & World Report.