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Thieves Are Now Targeting AI Data Center Construction Sites for Copper and Expensive Equipment (www.vice.com)
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Investigators recovered two stolen trailers carrying $1.3 million in data center supplies, including copper wire and infrastructure equipment.

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[–] 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Copper by weight is cheap as hell. RAM & NVME drives are a WAY better ROI. It wouldn’t even be worth carrying the whole server.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 weeks ago

    Copper is way easier to fence and way easier to steal. The RAM and NVME aren't getting installed until the building has functional security. The mile of copper wire to run power is locked in a trailer and might not even have a permanent fence around it yet.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    How many times do we have to explain that datacenters don't run on hardware that is compatible with consumer shit?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago*

    AI startups are all so desperate for memory and GPUs that I wouldn't be surprised if a few of them were willing to buy shit that, uh, fell off the back of a truck.

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