Organized crime groups target data center construction materials as AI infrastructure booms
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Craig Hale
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Organized crime groups are increasingly targeting data center construction sites and cargo shipments, stealing expensive hardware and materials like copper wire as AI-related data center projects accelerate across the US. In one incident, a trailer with $300,000 worth of copper wire was recovered, and a separate incident involved the recovery of a trailer containing approximately $1 million worth of data center equipment. The article highlights the growing security risks facing the data center industry amid the AI infrastructure boom.
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a trailer containing about $300,000 worth of copper wire spool was recovered in one incident alone
another trailer containing around $1 million worth of data center equipment was also recovered
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