While most oppose AI data centers, there is one group enthusiastic about them: merchandise thieves
In the United States, at least a third of all data centers of the world. With investment reaching insane levelseach time they are built larger and more powerful infrastructures Unfortunately for the neighbors, who report an increase in pollution, increases in the electricity bill and problems with water supply. While all this is happening, there is a small sector of the population that has seen a business opportunity: thieves. What’s happening. They tell it in Business Insider. Last week in Illinois, police recovered two truckloads of stolen data center equipment. First they found a trailer containing $300,000 in coils of copper cable at a truck yard in Chicago. Later, they discovered that the same person who left the trailer had stored another one a week before and here came the bombshell: the second trailer contained material worth 1 million dollars. It is not the only theft of this type that has happened recently. At the beginning of the month they had The Canadian Press about $5 million worth of data center materials were disappearing while “in transit.” The containers left the port and were listed as having been picked up by the supposedly legitimate carriers, but never reached their destination. Why is it important. The data center boom is creating a supply chain of very valuable materials, especially DRAM chips and memories, but also metals such as copper. Organized crime is no stranger to this and has begun to attack these infrastructures that are so present in the US. Furthermore, they are using the very technology they are stealing from to achieve successful operations. Theft of merchandise. They say in Futurism that the US Department of Homeland Security estimates the theft of merchandise in losses of 35,000 million dollars a year. These gangs often attack retail trade, intercepting goods before they reach stores such as sports equipment from Nike. More sophisticated. Speaking to the Canadian Press, the head of the venture company Verisk CargoNet states that “The bad guys are very good at marketing (…) Now it is much more strategic, much more specific… They know what is in fashion and what sells well.” In the case of the 5 million theft that we mentioned before, the thieves used generative AI and other tools to impersonate a real transportation company and manipulate systems and communications. For days, it seemed like everything was going well and by the time they realized the deception it was too late. Image | Xataka with Magnific In Xataka | The iPhone is one of the most coveted pieces by street thieves. Apple wants to make it more difficult for you
