We recently published an article titled Jim Cramer Commented on 12 Stocks Linked to Data Centers. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) stands against the other stocks that are linked to data centers.

Jim Cramer, the host of Mad Money, highlighted the growing significance of data centers as a major theme in the technology sector during Tuesday’s episode. He pointed out that although it might not always be immediately visible in the broader market indices, data centers have become a significant investment focus.

“The data center has been the single biggest investment story for months on end, even if it’s not always obvious from the averages… This sea-change, one that we are undergoing in real time, with the data center theme suddenly going from positive to negative, is buried within the broader indices, but it’s like a living, breathing, seething animal, a snorting bull turned into a grizzly, scratching and clawing back the gains in your portfolio.”

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Cramer offered a historical perspective, tracing the rise of NVIDIA, a graphics and gaming chip maker, as pivotal to the development of modern data centers. He explained that the company’s invention of a semiconductor capable of enabling both accelerated computing and generative artificial intelligence became foundational to a wide range of technologies.

“This semiconductor becomes the backbone of electric vehicles, of robots, and most important, of the data centers themselves… Huge warehouses full of servers. No large tech company worth its salt can afford to do without these data centers.”

However, Cramer revealed that the situation took a dramatic turn when a Chinese company found a way to achieve similar results with fewer, less expensive chips, throwing the entire data center industry into turmoil.

Describing the company as “the odd man out of the Magnificent Seven,” Cramer emphasized the company’s central role in the tech market, noting that its products are essential to the operations of numerous tech companies. Cramer pointed out that President Trump’s administration may impose tighter export controls on Chinese technology, which could further complicate the company’s market position.

Among the companies most at risk from these changes, Cramer singled out semiconductor and semiconductor capital equipment players, with the GPU kingpin standing out as the most exposed. He concluded by suggesting that some people even argue that the company’s performance could be decisive to the future fortunes of major momentum stocks in the tech sector.

Our Methodology

For this article, we compiled a list of 12 stocks that were discussed by Jim Cramer during the episode of Mad Money aired on February 25. We listed the stocks in the order that Cramer mentioned them. We also provided hedge fund sentiment for each stock as of the fourth quarter of 2024, which was taken from Insider Monkey’s database of over 1,000 hedge funds.

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Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 234

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) was mentioned during the episode and here’s what Cramer had to say:

“Today we’ve got a defense of our large-cap tech companies, which have been endlessly targeted by our European allies. These, these countries, they’ve used our tech companies, Amazons, the Alphabets, the Apples like honeypots. Now when it happens, our government will retaliate for a similar amount of money. No more plunder… Suddenly the data center feels fragile. The tech titans, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Oracle, Microsoft, throw in Tesla, have been dependent on this data center and the spend.”

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL), created in 2015 after Google’s restructuring, is known for its Google Search engine. The company plays a major role in digital advertising, with Google Search being a driver of its success. In early January, Cramer commented on the company and said:

“Alphabet has a facility dedicated to quantum computing. This is super fast computing using superconductors that require a specialized computer environment based in part on cryogenic technology. Sounds promising, the others burn too hot, right, the regular data centers. But it’s not a reason to buy Alphabet because it’s nothing that’s ready at scale. I like Alphabet, own it for the Charitable Trust, but that’s because we like their dominance in Search, progress in YouTube, and incredible strength of Google Cloud services, well ahead of what people think. Quantum computing is just a long-term project.”

Overall GOOGL ranks 2nd on our list of the stocks Jim Cramer recently talked about. While we acknowledge the potential of GOOGL as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than GOOGL but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

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