> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://us.mikirduit.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Four Water Stocks to Watch as AI Data Centers Drive a New Infrastructure Boom - URL: https://us.mikirduit.com/four-water-stocks-to-watch-as-ai-data-centers-drive-a-new-infrastructure-boom/ - Published: 2026-09-23T09:30:29.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-23T09:30:29.000Z - Description: AI data centers are turning water into a major infrastructure theme. We compare AWK, XYL, ECL and PNR across growth, valuation and AI exposure. - Author: Surya Rianto - Tags: Stock Insight, Stocks **Mikirduit —** Artificial intelligence is creating an infrastructure boom that extends far beyond chips and servers. As hyperscalers race to build increasingly powerful data centers, another resource is moving closer to the center of the investment story: water. ### 3 Key Takeaways - **AI is creating a new water-infrastructure investment cycle.** Data centers need water for cooling, while semiconductor fabs require ultrapure water, creating opportunities across utilities, treatment systems, pumps, monitoring and liquid-cooling infrastructure. - **AWK, XYL, ECL and PNR offer very different ways to play the theme.** AWK is the defensive regulated utility, XYL is an infrastructure-growth play, ECL has the most direct AI exposure after its CoolIT and Ovivo acquisitions, while PNR is a turnaround story with a new data-center angle through Taco Group. - **The biggest opportunity may come from where water spending goes—not simply how much water AI consumes.** Utilities need infrastructure, chipmakers need ultrapure water, and high-density AI racks increasingly require advanced liquid cooling and water-reuse systems. AI data centers need water directly or indirectly for cooling, while semiconductor fabs require enormous quantities of ultrapure water. At the same time, the risk of drought and El Niño-related weather disruptions is putting more pressure on companies and municipalities to use water more efficiently. That brings four U.S.-listed water-related stocks into focus: **American Water Works (NYSE: AWK), Xylem (NYSE: XYL), Ecolab (NYSE: ECL) and Pentair (NYSE: PNR).** They may all benefit from rising investment in water infrastructure, but their businesses—and therefore their investment cases—are very different. American Water is essentially a regulated water utility, similar to a municipal water provider. Xylem sells water infrastructure, pumps, treatment and monitoring technologies. Ecolab is closer to a service-and-technology provider that helps customers manage water, cooling and industrial processes. Pentair, meanwhile, sells pumps, filtration equipment, plumbing systems and pool products, while its planned acquisition of Taco Group would give it greater exposure to HVAC and data-center cooling infrastructure. That distinction matters. **Ecolab, Xylem and increasingly Pentair have more direct exposure to AI data-center spending. American Water is the more defensive option, with much less dependence on the AI capital-spending cycle.** Their exposure to drought is also different. AWK and PNR have more direct sensitivity to weather and water consumption, while XYL and ECL can sometimes benefit from water scarcity because customers need better treatment, recycling and efficiency systems. So which stock makes the most sense? There isn't one answer. Each offers a different way to play the water theme. ## American Water Works: The Defensive Water Play American Water Works operates much like a regulated municipal water utility. It supplies water and wastewater services to residential and commercial customers and has relatively little direct exposure to AI data-center demand today. The business model is straightforward. AWK invests in water infrastructure. Regulators determine which investments can enter the company's rate base and authorize the return the utility can earn through customer rates. That structure makes American Water one of the more defensive companies in the group. Revenue is recurring and relatively predictable, much like a regulated electric utility. The trade-off is that investors shouldn't expect explosive earnings growth. That stability was evident in recent results, with regulated net income rising 10.2% to $489 million. Management expects roughly 8% earnings growth, with a midpoint 2026 EPS estimate around $6.07\. Longer term, American Water is targeting adjusted EPS growth of roughly 7% to 9% annually. The company, however, needs substantial amounts of capital to generate that growth. During the first half of 2026 alone, AWK invested about $1.8 billion out of an expected roughly $3.7 billion for the year. Its 2026-2035 capital plan allocates approximately: - 70% to infrastructure renewal - 10% to operational efficiency, technology and innovation - 8% to water quality - 5% to resilience - 4% to system expansion - 3% to other investments Growth is also coming from acquisitions. American Water completed its acquisition of Nexus assets on June 1, 2026\. Acquisitions added roughly 52,300 customers, including about 46,600 from the Nexus systems. Another roughly 56,600 customer connections remain under agreement across various markets. But growth isn't free. American Water's 2026-2030 financing plan calls for roughly: - $14 billion of operating cash flow - $11.8 billion of debt - $2.5 billion of equity issuance For 2026 alone, management expects to issue roughly $1.5 billion to $2 billion of long-term debt. That raises two issues for investors: financing costs and dilution. AWK has already received roughly $476 million through partial settlement of an equity-forward agreement, while approximately 4.69 million shares remain available for future settlement. The economics of the regulated utility model still work as long as the returns regulators allow AWK to earn remain comfortably above the company's cost of capital. Authorized ROEs typically sit around 9.5% to 10%, while debt costs could be around 4.5% to 5.5%. That still leaves a reasonable spread, but higher financing costs reduce the incremental profitability of rate-base expansion. ### A New Variable: The Essential Utilities Merger There is now another major piece to the AWK story. American Water is pursuing its proposed combination with **Essential Utilities**, which would materially increase the scale of the company. Regulatory approvals remain an important part of the process. As of September, momentum had continued. American Water and Essential filed a proposed settlement in Pennsylvania, although final approval from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is still required. Separately, New Jersey regulators approved a **$68 million increase in annualized water and wastewater revenue** for New Jersey American Water, effective Sept. 15\. The decision was based on an authorized **9.5% ROE, a $6.06 billion rate base and a 54% common-equity ratio.** That development reinforces what matters most to the AWK investment case: the company's ability to deploy capital into the regulated rate base and receive adequate returns on that investment. ## How Much Could AI Data Centers Matter for AWK? Could American Water eventually benefit from the enormous water requirements of AI data centers? Yes—but it is still more opportunity than established revenue stream. American Water has participated in regulatory discussions surrounding data centers, affordability and large-load customers. Pennsylvania American Water has also created resources specifically addressing data-center development. That is particularly noteworthy because Pennsylvania has emerged as one of the major U.S. AI infrastructure markets. For AWK, large data centers could eventually become customers for both fresh water and treated wastewater. The challenge is that supplying large campuses could require substantial investment in pipelines, pumping capacity and treatment infrastructure. In other words, data centers could expand AWK's rate base—but the company may have to spend heavily before realizing those returns. ### What About El Niño? Weather is more complicated. Mildly hotter and drier conditions can boost residential and irrigation demand. Extreme drought can do the opposite. Severe drought may trigger water-use restrictions, supply constraints, emergency capital spending, higher treatment costs and conservation measures. During the severe 2015-2016 El Niño period, American Water's water volume fell about 1.1% to roughly 347 billion gallons in 2015. Yet the stock still performed well. AWK shares rose about 54% between 2014 and 2016\. They gained roughly 27% during 2018-2019 but fell nearly 15% during 2023-2024. There is no consistent El Niño trading pattern. One reason AWK could absorb weather pressure in 2015-2016 was regulation. Regulated revenue still increased 4.7%, helped by authorized rate increases. That is exactly why AWK should be viewed differently from most companies exposed to physical water demand. Weather matters—but regulators can often partially cushion the earnings impact. ## AWK Valuation There are two ways to look at American Water's valuation. First, compared with peers including American States Water, California Water Service and Middlesex Water, AWK isn't particularly cheap—but it isn't wildly expensive either. Its roughly **24-times P/E** is slightly above a peer average near 23.8 times, while its **21.7-times EV/Ebitda** is close to the roughly 21.6-times peer average. Second, AWK's P/E and price-to-book ratios remain below their five-year averages, although EV/Ebitda is above the roughly 17.8-times five-year average. Its profile resembles American States Water, another regulated water utility capable of generating ROE above 10%. ### AWK Strategy **Buy area: $131-$138** **Target: $155-$162** **Risk price: $124** AWK is the defensive choice among these four stocks. If data centers eventually become meaningful customers, that could create another rate-base growth opportunity. But if the AI boom fades, AWK should face much less direct earnings pressure than companies whose growth forecasts already depend heavily on data-center capital spending. For a medium-term allocation, the holding period could extend beyond two years. If the stock generates gains of more than 30% much sooner, taking profits gradually could be considered. # Xylem: A Water-Infrastructure Growth Story With a Huge Order Book Xylem sits much closer to the physical infrastructure supporting AI data centers. The company sells equipment and systems used in cooling, circulation, water treatment, filtration, reuse, monitoring and water management. Its major businesses include: - Water Infrastructure - Applied Water - Measurement & Control Solutions - Water Solutions & Services For the AI data-center theme, **Applied Water** and **Water Solutions & Services** are particularly relevant. Second-quarter 2026 segment revenue included: - Water Infrastructure: up 3% to $683 million - Water Solutions & Services: up 1% to $644 million - Measurement & Control Solutions: down 1% to $508 million - Applied Water: up 3% to $501 million But revenue growth isn't the most interesting number. Orders are. Xylem's second-quarter orders surged **42% to about $3.09 billion**, or roughly **41% organically**, while revenue increased just 2% to approximately $2.34 billion. Adjusted EPS increased 16% to $1.46. That gap between orders and current revenue is important. It suggests a substantial amount of demand has entered Xylem's order book but hasn't yet been recognized as revenue. Water Solutions & Services alone reported orders rising 147% to roughly $1.44 billion. Investors shouldn't assume all of that increase came from AI. A significant portion reflected a large contract under which a customer outsourced part or all of its water-management operations to Xylem. The business with the clearest direct data-center tailwind is Applied Water. Management also raised its adjusted EPS guidance from a previous range of roughly $5.35-$5.60 to about **$5.55-$5.70**. At the same time, the revenue forecast was trimmed toward roughly $9.2 billion. That combination tells an important story. Xylem is emphasizing the **quality of growth**, not merely headline revenue growth. Better operating efficiency and margins can allow earnings to grow faster than sales. The near-term challenge is the third quarter, when management expects revenue around $2.3 billion and adjusted EPS of roughly $1.42-$1.47. That means near-term growth could look relatively flat even while the order book remains strong. If a meaningful portion of today's backlog converts into revenue in 2027, however, the growth profile could look much stronger. ## XYL and the AI Water Problem Xylem has an interesting position in the data-center debate because it can potentially benefit from both sides of the water argument. If AI data centers consume more water, they need more water-management infrastructure. If regulators and communities push data centers to **use less fresh water**, they may need even more sophisticated reuse, monitoring and wastewater-treatment systems. That could also favor Xylem. As water becomes scarcer, data-center operators have greater economic incentive to build closed-loop systems, reuse wastewater and reduce freshwater consumption. The same logic partly applies to El Niño. Severe drought can prompt utilities, companies and governments to invest more aggressively in water efficiency. That can support demand for Xylem's technology. But drought isn't automatically positive. Extreme water shortages can also weaken agricultural activity, reduce irrigation budgets and slow industrial production in certain markets. During the strong 2015-2016 El Niño period, Xylem's overall sales still increased about 3.2% to $3.77 billion in 2016, despite weaker agricultural demand. Applied Water sales declined about 2.1%. The stock's historical performance also shows no simple one-way relationship. XYL gained roughly 28% in 2015-2016 and about 26.5% in 2023-2024, although maximum drawdowns during those periods reached roughly 21%-23%. During the weaker 2018-2019 El Niño period, XYL declined roughly 1.9%, with a maximum drawdown of around 25%. So El Niño should be treated as one demand variable—not an automatic bullish catalyst. ## XYL Valuation Relative to industrial water peers, XYL looks more reasonable than its headline P/E might suggest. Its price-to-book ratio of roughly **2.7 times** is below a sector average near 3.9 times, while EV/Ebitda of around **17.4 times** is close to the peer average. Its roughly **27.4-times P/E** is above the sector average. Historically, however, XYL's P/E, P/B and EV/Ebitda are all below their respective five-year averages. Among peers such as IDEX, Mueller Water Products, Pentair and Watts Water Technologies, XYL and PNR appear to carry some of the more discounted valuation profiles. One drawback is return on equity. XYL's ROE of about **9.5%** trails peers that generally generate returns above 10%. ### XYL Strategy **Buy area: $112-$123** **Target: $140-$147** **Risk price: $106** Unlike AWK, XYL is more of a growth investment. The core thesis is the combination of rising water-infrastructure spending, data-center demand and a large backlog that could convert into revenue over the next several quarters. A medium-term holding period through roughly the second half of 2027 may better capture that opportunity. The biggest risk would be a normalization in large project awards at the same time that enthusiasm around AI infrastructure weakens. # Ecolab: The Most Direct AI Bet of the Group Ecolab may now have the most aggressive direct exposure to the AI infrastructure cycle among these four water stocks. The company already operates across water treatment, hygiene, infection prevention, food safety, pest control, life sciences, digital monitoring and industrial process solutions. Think of Ecolab less as a water utility or equipment vendor and more as a combination of **water-management technology provider and ongoing service specialist**. But its profile has changed significantly. Following the acquisitions of **Ovivo Electronics** and **CoolIT Systems**, Ecolab has expanded aggressively into semiconductor water treatment and AI data-center cooling. Second-quarter 2026 adjusted EPS increased **11% to $2.09**, while reported sales rose **10% to $4.4 billion**. Organic sales increased 5%. The fastest-growing part of the company is its Global High-Tech business. That operation benefits from semiconductor manufacturing and data-center investment, putting Ecolab directly inside the AI infrastructure supply chain. The company can now address several layers of that chain. For semiconductor fabs, Ovivo Electronics brings ultrapure-water technology. For data-center facilities, Ecolab already provides cooling-water treatment, corrosion control, monitoring and optimization. And with CoolIT, it now owns direct liquid-cooling technologies including coolant distribution units, cold plates and direct-to-chip cooling systems. ## CoolIT Changes the ECL Story Ecolab closed the acquisition of CoolIT on July 2 for approximately **$4.75 billion**. CoolIT's year-to-date sales had grown **more than 100%**, driven by rapidly accelerating demand for liquid cooling in AI data centers. This isn't simply an adjacent acquisition. It moves Ecolab from managing the water and fluids surrounding cooling infrastructure to owning parts of the cooling technology itself. The company is effectively building an end-to-end platform: **semiconductor ultrapure water → power and water management → data-center liquid cooling.** Ecolab says its Global High-Tech business is approaching roughly **$1.5 billion in annualized sales in 2026**, up from only about $150 million in 2021, and is targeting **$4 billion in annual sales by 2030**, with operating margins of roughly 25%. That makes Global High-Tech one of the most important pieces of the ECL growth story. The Ovivo Electronics acquisition adds another part of the AI supply chain. Ecolab completed the roughly **$1.6 billion** acquisition in December 2025, giving it technologies used to produce ultrapure water for semiconductor manufacturing. This means ECL's exposure to AI isn't merely theoretical anymore. It is already contributing to growth. Management has also raised full-year adjusted EPS guidance slightly to **$8.05-$8.25**, implying roughly 7%-10% annual growth. For the third quarter, adjusted EPS is expected to come in around $2.13-$2.23, or roughly 3%-8% growth. The pace may appear modest compared with CoolIT's explosive sales growth because Ecolab is also absorbing acquisition-related amortization and higher financing costs. That financing cost is worth watching. Ecolab's second-quarter net interest expense increased partly because of new debt used to finance acquisitions. 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Water scarcity can increase demand for water treatment, cooling-water optimization and reuse technologies. A world in which AI data centers continue expanding while freshwater availability becomes more constrained could strengthen the economic case for Ecolab's water-management systems. But again, drought has two sides. Ecolab serves industries including food and beverage, agriculture, hospitality, mining, energy and manufacturing. Severe drought can hurt some of those customers, reducing industrial activity and investment. During the 2015-2016 super El Niño, Ecolab's revenue actually declined by about 3% to $13.2 billion in 2016, while adjusted EPS growth was relatively stagnant. There is no strong evidence that El Niño itself caused the weakness. The collapse in energy prices and other macroeconomic factors also hurt Ecolab's industrial customers. The stock itself still generally performed well across several El Niño periods. ECL gained roughly 4% during 2014-2016, 31% during 2018-2019 and 37% during 2023-2024. Commodity cycles also matter. Because Ecolab serves mining and industrial customers, stronger commodity demand can support customer activity and therefore demand for Ecolab's services. ## ECL Valuation The biggest problem with Ecolab is valuation. It isn't cheap. ECL trades at roughly: **P/E: 36.6 times** **P/B: 7.7 times** **EV/Ebitda: 25.2 times** Those multiples are generally above sector averages. Its price-to-book and EV/Ebitda ratios are also above their five-year averages of roughly 7.6 times and 21.7 times, respectively. Only the P/E remains below its roughly 38.1-times five-year average. The premium isn't without justification. Ecolab generates ROE of roughly **21.8%**, one of the strongest returns in the group. But investors are already paying for a meaningful amount of growth. That creates an important asymmetry. If AI infrastructure spending keeps accelerating, Ecolab has increasingly direct exposure to that trend. If the AI capex cycle weakens sharply—or higher interest rates compress growth-stock valuations—ECL could be more vulnerable than a regulated utility such as AWK. ### ECL Strategy **Buy area: $262-$271** **Target: $294-$309** **Risk price: $243** ECL is increasingly an AI-infrastructure growth stock wrapped inside a diversified water and industrial-services company. That creates attractive upside if liquid cooling and high-tech water demand continue expanding, but the valuation leaves less room for execution disappointment. A medium-term strategy makes more sense than treating ECL as a deeply discounted long-term value stock. # Pentair: A Turnaround Story With a New Data-Center Angle Pentair has some similarities to Xylem, but the business mix is different. Both companies sell water-management hardware and systems. Xylem is more focused on water infrastructure and advanced water technology. Pentair has greater exposure to pumps, filtration, residential and commercial water equipment—and, importantly, swimming pools. That Pool business is currently the source of PNR's biggest problem. Second-quarter revenue fell **17% to $933 million**, while adjusted EPS declined 18% to $1.14. The main reason was not a collapse in end demand. Pentair said Pool-channel inventory destocking reduced second-quarter Pool sales by about **$170 million**. For the full year, management estimates channel destocking could reduce Pool sales by roughly **$250 million**. That distinction is critical to the investment case. The issue isn't necessarily that consumers stopped buying Pentair products. Distributors and channel partners simply carried too much inventory and are now reducing it. If inventory normalizes, that drag shouldn't repeat indefinitely. There is still risk. Pentair itself says the timing and pace of normalization remain uncertain, while higher interest rates and inflation have contributed to weaker business conditions. But outside Pool, performance has been healthier. The Flow segment recorded approximately 5% sales growth, while segment income increased roughly 27%. Water Solutions sales declined around 5%, but segment income increased about 17%. That means the broader business isn't deteriorating to the same degree as the headline revenue decline suggests. ## The Big Reset in PNR's Guidance Pentair's guidance cut was substantial. Full-year adjusted EPS guidance was reduced to roughly **$4.60-$4.80**, compared with the previous $5.30-$5.40 range. Sales are now expected to decline about **4%-7%**, versus the previous expectation for 2%-4% growth. Pool is expected to be the main drag. Near-term numbers will therefore remain messy. For the third quarter, management expects revenue to decline roughly 4%-6% and adjusted EPS to fall approximately 13%-15%. That creates a potential setup for 2027. If Pool inventory returns to normal, the company could move from a major destocking headwind to much easier year-over-year comparisons. And Pentair is simultaneously adding another growth engine. ## Taco Could Turn PNR Into a Data-Center Infrastructure Play Pentair agreed in July to acquire **Taco Group Holdings for approximately $1.4 billion**. Taco specializes in hydronic and water-based solutions used in HVAC systems and other mission-critical applications. More importantly for investors watching AI infrastructure, Pentair specifically highlighted **data centers and related infrastructure buildout** as target growth markets for the combined business. Taco generates more than **$500 million of annual revenue**, is growing at a double-digit rate and is expected to carry Ebitda margins above 20%, including run-rate cost synergies. Pentair expects the deal to add approximately **$0.10-$0.15 to adjusted EPS in fiscal 2027.** The deal therefore changes the PNR thesis. Until now, Pentair had much weaker direct AI exposure than Xylem or Ecolab. Taco gives it a more credible route into data-center cooling infrastructure. If the transaction works, Pentair could have two catalysts at the same time: **Pool normalization + data-center/HVAC expansion.** The downside is leverage. The roughly $1.4 billion acquisition will be financed through a combination of debt and cash on hand, which could increase interest expense. That matters more in a higher-rate environment. ## PNR and El Niño Weather has a more direct effect on Pentair than it does on XYL or ECL. Businesses including Pool, Water Solutions and residential or agricultural flow products can benefit from warmer weather. Hotter conditions can increase pool usage as well as demand for irrigation pumps, well pumps, water-supply systems and filtration products. But extreme drought isn't automatically positive. Water restrictions can reduce pool usage. Severe drought can hurt agricultural activity, construction and discretionary consumer spending. So, as with the other names, El Niño is more of a mixed variable than a straightforward catalyst. ## PNR Valuation Pentair's weak 2026 outlook has pushed the stock toward one of the more discounted valuations in the group. The shares trade around: **P/E: 16.6 times** **P/B: 2.8 times** **EV/Ebitda: 12.5 times** All three metrics sit below the relevant peer averages. They are also below PNR's own five-year historical averages. Its ROE of roughly **17.1%** is also considerably higher than Xylem's roughly 9.5%. That leaves investors with a classic turnaround setup. The current earnings trend is weak. But the valuation already reflects a substantial amount of bad news. If Pool destocking ends and Taco begins contributing as expected, 2027 could look materially different from 2026. ### PNR Strategy **Buy area: $61-$64** **Target: $75-$92** **Risk price: $57** PNR is the contrarian choice of the four. The thesis depends on Pool-channel normalization, disciplined integration of Taco and successful expansion into higher-growth HVAC and data-center infrastructure markets. That makes a holding period of more than two years more appropriate for investors trying to capture the full turnaround. # Four Stocks, Four Different Ways to Play the Water Theme The water-investment theme is becoming more complicated as AI infrastructure expands. The opportunity isn't simply that data centers "use a lot of water." The real investment question is **where the money will be spent**. Utilities may need to build more infrastructure. Data centers may need better pumps, treatment and water-reuse systems. Chip manufacturers need ultrapure water. High-density AI racks increasingly require sophisticated liquid cooling. And water scarcity itself could accelerate spending on efficiency. That creates four very different investment profiles. **AWK** is the defensive option. Its earnings rely primarily on regulated rate-base growth rather than the AI cycle. The proposed Essential Utilities merger adds another significant source of potential scale, while recent regulatory decisions continue to support investment in its water infrastructure. **XYL** offers more direct growth exposure. Its second-quarter revenue growth looks modest, but orders surging more than 40% tell a very different story. The key question is how quickly today's order book converts into 2027 revenue. **ECL** has become the most aggressive AI infrastructure play of the group. The combination of Ovivo Electronics and CoolIT gives it exposure from semiconductor ultrapure water all the way to direct liquid cooling inside AI data centers. The opportunity is large, but so is the valuation. **PNR** is the turnaround bet. Its 2026 numbers have been damaged by Pool-channel destocking, but that creates easier comparisons if inventories normalize in 2027\. Taco could simultaneously give Pentair greater exposure to HVAC and data-center infrastructure. For investors thinking in terms of holding periods, the setups are therefore different: - **AWK:** medium- to longer-term defensive position, potentially more than two years. If gains exceed 30% much earlier, partial profit-taking could be considered. - **XYL:** medium-term growth position, roughly one year, though capital allocated to the position should ideally tolerate a two-year holding period. - **ECL:** medium-term AI-infrastructure momentum position, with valuation and the duration of the AI capex cycle as key risks. - **PNR:** potentially a more-than-two-year turnaround position built around Pool normalization and Taco integration. AI may be driving the current excitement, but that isn't the only reason water infrastructure deserves attention. 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