📌 Table of Contents
✅ ETF Overview
🧠 Strategy & Structure
💼 Key Exposure
📈 Yield & Performance
🔍 Pros & Cons
✅ Conclusion
✅ 1. ETF Overview
- Name: Defiance AI & Power Infrastructure ETF (AIPO)
- Strategy: Tracks firms providing AI‑driven power infrastructure, data centers, electric grid and power generation
- Launch Date: July 24–25, 2025 Defiance ETFs+11etf.com+11ETFGI LLP+11TradingView+1Defiance ETFs+1
- Expense Ratio: 0.69% Defiance ETFs+2etf.com+2TradingView+2
- Benchmark: MarketVector™ US Listed AI & Power Infrastructure Index Defiance ETFs+11Defiance ETFs+11ETFGI LLP+11
📌 The ETF aims to capture the intersection of AI growth and rising power demand via thematic exposure to infrastructure companies.
🧠 2. Strategy & Structure
- A passively-managed thematic ETF tracking the MarketVector™ index
- Requires at least 50% of revenue from AI hardware, data centers, power infrastructure, utilities or related services 모닝스타+3ETFGI LLP+3GlobeNewswire+3Defiance ETFs+1TradingView+1
- Allocations by segment: ~50% power generation/grid, ~20% data centers/AI hardware, ~15% construction & engineering, ~15% utilities Defiance ETFs+3etf.com+3ETFGI LLP+3
- Rebalanced quarterly with free-float market-cap weights Defiance ETFs+11Defiance ETFs+11etf.com+11
📌 Offers retail investors a targeted investment into AI-enabled infrastructure without leverage or margin accounts.
💼 3. Key Exposure
- ~52–54 holdings spanning small to mega-cap U.S.-listed companies Defiance ETFs+3Defiance ETFs+3GlobeNewswire+3etf.com
- Top 3 holdings:
- GE Vernova (GEV) ~9%
- Eaton Corp (ETN) ~8.1%
- Quanta Services (PWR) ~7.8% etf.com+1Defiance ETFs+1
- Other key names: Vertiv, Cameco, Nvidia (~4.2%), Broadcom (~3.9%) etf.comDefiance ETFs
📌 Targets the companies essential to the AI buildout, including power grid, semiconductors and utility providers.
📈 4. Yield & Performance
- AUM: approximately $1.02 million as of late July 2025 Defiance ETFsSeeking Alpha
- Listed price (~NAV): ~$20.38; premium about 0.07% Defiance ETFsSeeking Alpha
- Since new, historical performance data is limited Defiance ETFsSeeking Alpha
📌 A nascent ETF — watch future flows and NAV tracking for liquidity and stability.
🔍 5. Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Unique dual thematic exposure to AI infrastructure and power modernization GlobeNewswireETFGI LLP
- Rigorous eligibility rules (≥50% revenue in theme) improve focus and purity
- Quarterly rebalancing keeps portfolio current with market trends
❌ Cons
- Highly concentrated sector exposure to energy, utilities, data centers ETFGI LLPGlobeNewswire
- As a new fund, lacks track record and may face low trading volume Defiance ETFsETFGI LLP
- Passive index means no defensive moves in downturns
- Exposes investors to tech, energy regulatory, AI innovation, utility cycle risks
✅ Conclusion
AIPO offers a pioneering way to invest at the intersection of AI and power infrastructure — two industries poised for structural growth. With a well-defined index methodology and targeted theme, it’s ideal for investors who understand high-conviction thematic play. However, its newness, niche concentration, and liquidity dynamics mean it should be considered cautiously within a broader, diversified portfolio.