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Thieves Chase GPU Paydirt In NVIDIA Trailer Heist, Steal 20 Tons Of Sand Instead

Summary by HotHardware
A bold daylight trailer heist targeting what was thought to be high-value NVIDIA AI GPUs went hilariously off the rails after the thieves made off with two massive shipping containers loaded with 20 tons of sand. Wah-wah. The theft occurred outside a warehouse in Fremont, California, where autonomous trucking startup PlusAI had parked two
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If you were a thief with a penchant for stealing vehicles, a couple of trailers emblazoned with Nvidia logos are going to be tempting targets. Sadly for the criminals who did steal these two units, they never contained hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of GPUs; each one was filled with 20,000 pounds of sand. […] Source

Thieves stole trailers with Nvidia logos, but found 20 tons of sand inside. Trailers were used to test autonomous tractors. Full text of the news

The bait of technological gain, doped by the stratospheric value of certain chips, can sometimes lead to disappointments... especially sandy ones.

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HotHardware broke the news on Monday, September 28, 2026.
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