Skip to navigationSkip to main contentSkip to right columnADVERTISEMENTRadhika Anilkumar NadigThu, September 3, 2026 at 3:31 AM GMT+2 5 min readBenzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below.Deepwater Management's Gene Munster said Monday that the power sector is shaping up to be the next major investment opportunity in AI infrastructure, comparing the current moment to Nvidia Corp.'s breakout in 2023, after Elon Musk said natural gas will still be needed to support data centers for years to come.An Nvidia-Like MomentMusk had said on X that his companies, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and Tesla Inc., are each building 100 gigawatts a year of solar production capacity "as fast as possible," but that "natural gas will still be needed to supplement and bootstrap solar for several years."SpaceX and Tesla are each building 100GW/year of solar production capacity as fast as possible, but natural gas will still be needed to supplement and bootstrap solar for several years.The limiting factor for nat gas turbine production is casting the blades & vanes. By doing…— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 29, 2026Don't Miss:A single bad hire can set a startup back years. Here are the 5 hires founders most often misjudge — and whyStill Learning the Market? These 50 Must-Know Terms Can Help You Catch Up FastMunster said the moment echoes mid-2023, when it became clear that GPUs were an obvious AI investment theme, but the market still "missed the magnitude of the growth potential."He noted that since mid-2023, Nvidia shares are up 416%, compared with a 92% gain for the Nasdaq over the same period.Elon's post over the weekend that we'll still need natural gas to power data centers for the next several years underscores power as an underappreciated investment theme.It reminds me a little bit of when Nvidia's business began to take off in CY23. It was clear to the market…— Gene Munster (@munster_gene) August 31, 2026Deepwater's Power Bets"It makes sense to put new money to work in power," Munster said in a post on X, adding that Deepwater has already been investing along those lines through private stakes in Antora Energy, Redwood Materials, Stone Power and Boom Supersonic.See Also: Avoid the #1 Investing Mistake: How Your 'Safe' Holdings Could Be Costing You Big TimePower ETFs to WatchDefiance AI & Power Infrastructure ETF, which has exposure to energy companies such as GE Vernova, Inc., Bloom Energy Corp., and Constellation Energy Corp., has $906.18 million in assets and charges an expense ratio of 0.69%. The ETF has returned 20.52% so far this year and 40.98% over the past year.Terms and Privacy PolicyEU DSA contactPrivacy & Cookie SettingsMore Info