# Cramer: the data center story isn't over

> AI safety warnings from Amodei, Altman and Musk knocked the buildout trade, and Jim Cramer says don't panic out of it.
- Title: Cramer: the data center story isn't over · CNBC | Shortify
- Summary: AI safety warnings from Amodei, Altman and Musk knocked the buildout trade, and Jim Cramer says don't panic out of it. Wait for the selling to exhaust…
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- Source: CNBC — https://cnbc.com/2026/09/14/ai-stocks-tumble-on-safety-warnings-how-to-proceed-including-2-names-on-our-shopping-list.html
- Author: Jim Cramer
- Published: 2026-09-14T12:55:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: ai stocks, data centers, jim cramer, ai safety, investing, business, finance
## The buildout trade cracks
Monday premarket brought steep declines across the data center complex. CoreWeave and Nebius fell more than 8%, Vertiv dropped over 8%, and Eaton slid roughly 6%.

> We are looking at steep premarket declines Monday morning across the data center buildout complex.
## Three CEOs say slow down
Anthropic's Dario Amodei called for a slowdown in AI capability development. Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk of xAI both said they agreed with him.
## No OpenAI IPO in 2026
In a Fortune interview, Altman ruled out an OpenAI public offering next year, pointing to AI safety concerns as the reason.
## Read the motive
Cramer calls Amodei's manifesto self-serving. That doesn't stop the weekend headlines from moving Monday's market, which is the part investors have to trade around.

> While Amodei's manifesto was self-serving, these weekend headlines are nevertheless reverberating in Monday's market.
## Wait for the whites of their eyes
Plenty of people now believe the data center story is finished. Cramer's plan is to hold fire until that panic burns out, having already made sales ahead of this drop.

> we have to wait until we see the whites of their eyes before we take a stand
## Intel and Micron on the list
Both are down about 6% premarket, and Cramer names them as bounce-back candidates to start with. He warns Monday may not mark the bottom.

> I like Intel and Micron as bounce-back candidates.
## Key takeaway

Wait for the selling to exhaust itself, then buy the beaten-down names you already know, rather than selling into the first scary headline.