We recently published a list of Top 10 AI Stocks in the Spotlight This Week. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) stands against other top 10 AI stocks in the spotlight this week.

According to investment firm Morgan Stanley, electricity demand is going to prove to be resilient regardless of any recession that may come into play from Trump’s tariff policies. This is because data centers need a lot of power, and demand will not go down despite a downturn or because of efficiency gains from Ant Group, DeepSeek, and others. While it is true that industrial demand may dip in the short term, bringing manufacturing back to the US will help solve this problem.

“We believe power demand trends are more durable than in prior cycles, in part due to the inelasticity of data center demand. Industrial demand could decline in the near term, but reshoring of manufacturing is a long-term tailwind.”

-Analysts led by Andrew Percoco.

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A similar analysis by a Bloomberg report forecast that US power demand coming from data centers could swell 20-40% in 2025, with strong double-digit growth likely to persist in 2026-30.

While Morgan Stanley does acknowledge that rapid policy changes may have deep implications for large capital investments, it also forecasts electricity consumption from artificial intelligence growing tenfold by 2028.

“With this in mind, we do not want to minimize the risk of a near-term ‘shock’ in demand. This could translate into slowing order growth for some companies.”

History has shown energy stocks to remain resilient despite economic downturns. The firm noted how, since 1960, demand has fallen by just 0.2% on average during such periods.

“Utilities screen favorable in a recession given their defensive nature,”

That said, it is optimistic about strong spending on AI infrastructure from tech giants such as Meta, Amazon, and Alphabet. This is because hyperscalers want to have a lead in artificial intelligence and also because they have large product pipelines that need GPUs.

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Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)

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Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is a global technology company. On April 17, Truist lowered the firm’s price target on the stock to $700 from $770 but kept a “Buy” rating on the shares. The rating, issued ahead of its Q1 results, reflects the firm lowering its growth estimates on the impact of tariffs. Regardless, the analyst told investors in a research note how Meta’s AI investments continue to drive better ranking and recommendation results for its users/advertisers.

Overall, META ranks 2nd on our list of top 10 AI stocks in the spotlight this week. While we acknowledge the potential of META as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than META but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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