Beyond Nvidia, these companies are making money from AI

Companies providing hardware for data centers that support development of AI technology are now at the forefront of the trend. But investors also need to think about how the technology will be used. – iStockphoto Nvidia Corp.'s growth over the past year has been breathtaking, because the company still has no real competition for graphics processing units that support the data centers that are building capability to support corporate clients' development of artificial-intelligence technology. Most Read from MarketWatch But the hardware build-out by Nvidia NVDA and other companies is only one part of the story. What about actual use of…