Escalating electricity needs from running AI data centers will create downstream investment benefits in the utilities, renewable energy generation, and industrial sectors, according to Goldman Sachs. In a recently published study, equity analyst Carly Davenport has listed a basket of stocks positioned to benefit from the potential massive surge in U.S. power demand. The investment bank forecasts that data center power demand will grow at 15% compound annual growth rate from 2023-2030. This growth trajectory is expected to elevate data centers’ share of total US power demand to 8% by 2030, up from the current level of approximately 3%. The “U.S. power demand (is) likely to experience growth not seen in a generation. Not since the start of the century has US electricity demand grown 2.4% over an eight-year period, with US annual power generation over the last 20 years averaging less than 0.5% growth,” Goldman Sachs highlights. Analysts estimate that about 47 GW of additional power generation capacity will be necessary to accommodate the growth in U.S. data center power demand by 2030. This demand is anticipated to be met by approximately 60% gas and 40% renewable sources. The projection suggests that this trend will drive approximately $50 billion in capital investment in U.S. power generation capacity by 2030. Goldman Sachs has pinpointed 16 stocks rated ...