Why Shares in Vertiv Crashed Today

Shares in data center equipment maker Vertiv Holdings (VRT -10.79%) tumbled more than 11% by 3 p.m. today. The decline comes after a general sell-off in the AI/data center sector following the news that the U.S. is banning 80 companies, including many in China, from buying U.S. technology. They include customers of Vertiv's partner Nvidia. As such, the whole sector sold off today.Vertiv-specific newsIn addition, some analysts have a more negative outlook on Vertiv. An analyst at Barclays reduced the company ...