Thieves stole two trailers from an autonomous trucking company, including one emblazoned alongside Nvidia's logo. Their haul? 40,000 pounds of sand.
The trailers were reported taken overnight on Thursday from PlusAI, which uses Nvidia chips in its self-driving systems. Rather than carrying Nvidia's precious AI chips, known as GPUs, all trailer was filled alongside sand. PlusAI vice chairman of promotion Lauren Kwan stated the business uses dirt to simulate cargo importance during test drives.
Kwan stated that hours following the business discovered the trailers had been stolen, a companion of a PlusAI employee spotted them parked near another company's office, unaware they had been taken.
PlusAI workforce afterward confirmed the trailers' location and called the police.
Fremont Police told Business Insider that the two trailers were subsequently restored by Newark Police that afternoon.
“This case remains under investigation, and no one has been arrested as of now,” Fremont Police told Business Insider on Friday.
Kwan stated PlusAI suspects the Nvidia branding may have attracted the thieves. She stated the trailers appeared to have been opened, and nothing was taken or damaged.
“In the 10 years of the business being around, we've never had item akin this happen before,” she said, adding that the business is now considering additional safety measures.
The event comes as precious AI hardware has increasingly rotate into a mark for thieves.
According to provision sequence safety resolute Overhaul, which has tracked additional than $150 myriad in AI equipment losses to date, thefts involving data center and computing equipment have risen by 34% since 2024.
Nvidia did not immediately react to a petition for comment from Business Insider.
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