{"id":1733889,"date":"2026-10-29T13:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T13:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/NDBYLHukcfPq6T4RB36upZ"},"modified":"2026-10-29T13:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T13:16:17","slug":"its-so-much-easier-to-steal-this-than-to-rob-a-bank-100000000-worth-of-ai-data-center-freight-reportedly-stolen-since-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-so-much-easier-to-steal-this-than-to-rob-a-bank-100000000-worth-of-ai-data-center-freight-reportedly-stolen-since-june\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;It\u2019s so much easier to steal this than to rob a bank&#8217;: $100,000,000+ worth of AI data center freight reportedly stolen since June"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>AI data centers are springing up across the US at an unprecedented rate, and with them comes a number of problems. Aside from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/ny-governor-orders-a-pause-on-large-ai-data-center-construction-to-ensure-that-when-companies-succeed-because-of-new-york-new-yorkers-succeed-too\/\" target=\"_blank\">noise, disruption, and environmental concerns<\/a>, the vast infrastructure projects also require the transport of millions of dollars worth of equipment\u2014and opportunistic thieves are cashing in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/security\/grand-theft-ai-highway-thieves-are-stealing-millions-data-center-gear-rcna603733\" target=\"_blank\">An NBC News report<\/a> 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. The trailer carrying the equipment was later found at a truck yard in California, minus its valuable load.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The accident was not an accident,&#8221; says Gerado Pachucha, an ex-member of the LA Country Sheriff&#8217;s Department cargo criminal apprehension team. &#8220;The bad guys wanted that load, so they intentionally took out the escorts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height: 250px;\">\n<div class=\"kwizly-quiz kwizly-OKyGme\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/kwizly.com\/embed\/OKyGme.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A second incident, also involving a collision with a security vehicle, led to the loss of another trailer carrying an estimated $10 million worth of server rack components. NBC reports that, according to industry leaders, consultants, and investigators it&#8217;s spoken to regarding the heists, thieves are estimated to have stolen more than $100 million worth of data center freight since June of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Keith Lewis, head of operations of a cargo theft tracking team at Verisk CargoNet, says &#8220;It\u2019s like stealing pure gold bars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:3840px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"yWtDBKKwdV5uF9DXTMZWrG\" name=\"GettyImages-2148113350\" alt=\"A processed photo of a data center server room, showing racks of computers lit by overhead lights, reflecting off the ground.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/its-so-much-easier-to-steal-this-than-to-rob-a-bank-100000000-worth-of-ai-data-center-freight-reportedly-stolen-since-june.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: quantic69 via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ve seen some of these thefts go up into 30-plus million dollars for one particular shipment. It\u2019s so much easier to steal this than to rob a bank.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the server racks themselves, data centers also require a vast amount of copper wires, fiber optic cables, RAM modules, storage drives, and various other high-value components that need to be transported to their destination by conventional means. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Things that are precursors for the AI data centers: copper, server racks and RAM. Those are the things that are the precursors to build one, so that\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing the big increase in,&#8221; says Lewis. &#8220;It\u2019s the dollar value that\u2019s getting the attention because the product they\u2019re stealing costs so much more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And despite the addition of security escorts, it seems some criminals are willing to go to increasingly sophisticated lengths to obtain such high-value items.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"kNCDGE87fMuTymbxurAHYN\" name=\"GettyImages-1269232851.jpg\" alt=\"A stock photo of a hacker with computers in dark room. The devices are displaying computer code on the screens.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/its-so-much-easier-to-steal-this-than-to-rob-a-bank-100000000-worth-of-ai-data-center-freight-reportedly-stolen-since-june-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: boonchai wedmakawand via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The FBI issued a warning in April of this year regarding &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ic3.gov\/PSA\/2026\/PSA260430\" target=\"_blank\">cyber-enabled strategic cargo theft<\/a>,&#8221; in which an online heist method is detailed. This involves spoofing broker&#8217;s email addresses to gain access to cargo systems and bidding on loads, which are then said to be &#8220;cross-docked&#8221; or &#8220;transloaded&#8221; to complicit drivers, who then move the cargo to a separate location for resale.<\/p>\n<p>However, while the two hit-and-run style thefts detailed above are seen as isolated incidents (in terms of their methods) for now, the experts NBC has spoken to view them as a potential escalation of violent tactics more commonly seen in other countries\u2014and it&#8217;s not just data center equipment that&#8217;s at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Cornell, chair of the Transported Asset Protection Association, Americas, says: &#8220;These are extremely high-level organized rings that are operating from a dozen different countries, targeting freight in the United States supply chain. These are not unsophisticated crews just pulling off theft.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2560px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"wGYg4gdNXtacCXqv7fc6xM\" name=\"american truck sim rain ext.jpg\" alt=\"Truckin' in the rain.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/its-so-much-easier-to-steal-this-than-to-rob-a-bank-100000000-worth-of-ai-data-center-freight-reportedly-stolen-since-june-2.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SCS Software)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;They\u2019re planned. They\u2019re plotted. They\u2019re strategic. They\u2019re playing chess in the supply chain,&#8221; says Cornell.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, states such as Arizona, California, Tennessee, and Illinois have established specialised cargo theft task forces to deal with the issue. Private security escort companies are seeing increasing demand from data center logistics providers, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/2853\" target=\"_blank\">a new bill to combat wider organized retail crime<\/a> is currently being debated by US congress.<\/p>\n<p>Where the money goes, I guess it&#8217;s no surprise that organised crime will follow. And given the value of some of the data center freight now making its way across the US, it seems that opportunistic criminals have a new high-value target to consider.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/its-so-much-easier-to-steal-this-than-to-rob-a-bank-usd100-000-000-worth-of-ai-data-center-freight-reportedly-stolen-since-june\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2014and 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. The trailer carrying the equipment was later found at a truck yard in California, minus its valuable load. &#8220;The accident was not an accident,&#8221; says Gerado&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-so-much-easier-to-steal-this-than-to-rob-a-bank-100000000-worth-of-ai-data-center-freight-reportedly-stolen-since-june\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1733890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[1997,1622],"class_list":["post-1733889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-ai","tag-software"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;It\u2019s so much easier to steal this than to rob a bank&#039;: $100,000,000+ worth of AI data center freight reportedly stolen since June | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"AI data centers are springing up across the US at an unprecedented rate, and with them comes a number of problems. 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