What "thieves"? No one saw any "thieves". You can't prove anything.
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2026
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This is very unfortunate. There is a tremendous amount of copper in these data centers, thieves would be able to steal so much copper from data center job sites. It's frightening to think about it
Not just copper. These server racks are so unfortunately loaded up with parts and components worth a lot of money on the open market. Very unfortunately they have enterprise grade SSDs worth thousands and AI accellerater cards worth 10s of thousands.
And these poor starving companies very unfortunately don't have the funds to hire a lot of security staff. It's sadly usually just one guy.
Honestly, logistical problems with the weight are gonna be one of the first hurdles. It's way more than you would even think.
Some say that even if every meth head in the city showed up there would be copper left over.
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They sure the LLM didn't just mis-count the inventory?
There are three As in "Strawberry". Let's count.
StRawberry
StrAwberry
and there you have it.
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That's the problem with making RAM so expensive. It's not physically very big so you can fit a lot of it in a truck
Nature is healing
Aren't these data centers built on our land, right next to our homes, using our water and electricity, funded by selling our data (that we didn't consent to), and the profits all go to giant corporations, not us? Fuck 'em. I hope they all get raided and stripped bare...
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Okay, so tech companies steal your info when you login, they can pluck software off your devices whenever they choose, AI will steal your face and your art should anyone put it online, oh and they get corporate welfare?... Anyone stealing from them, shooting CEOs, cutting down flock cameras, or shooting at Trump seems like the good guys in comparison.
Can't steal from thieves
Be a modern day Robin Hood; steal copper from an AI data center
Never thought I'd say this, but good.
You never thought you'd say "good"? Damn you have a bleak worldview.
Reagan's crackheads have come home to roost.
Oh my god, that's terrible! Where are these construction sites so that people can avoid them?
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What's gonna be looted next, Flock cameras?!
You gotta love a good crowd-sourcing campaign.
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We'll be buying ram from guys in trenchcoats soon. Looking forward to that.
While the AI revolution threatens to kill countless jobs, leaving potentially millions of Americans in the lurch, maybe all those future jobless Americans can turn to the booming data center theft industry. Maybe AI is a job creator?
Ah yes, my retirement plan from the tech sector…
The perpetrators were with me at the time of the robbery playing video games.
Easy Mode Above Ground Copper Mines
two stolen trailers carrying $1.3 million in data center supplies
What were these, trailers for ants!?
Remember guys, snitches get stitches.
Snitches don't get free second-hand enterprise switches