'It’s so much easier to steal this than to rob a bank': $100,000,000+ worth of AI data center freight reportedly stolen since June

AI data centers are springing up across the US at an unprecedented rate, and with them comes a number of problems. Aside from the noise, disruption, and environmental concerns , the vast infrastructure projects also require the transport of millions of dollars worth of equipment—and opportunistic thieves are cashing in. An NBC News report details two audacious data center equipment heists, both involving literal examples of highway robbery. A shipment carrying $13 million worth of server equipment travelling on a section of interstate through the Mojave Desert had its security escort rammed by a separate vehicle, forcing it to stop.