Thieves Are Now Targeting AI Data Center Construction Sites for Copper and Expensive Equipment
2026-07-07 20:41 UTC
Replies (23)
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@bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-08 03:11
Be a modern day Robin Hood; steal cooper from an AI data center
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@NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 2026-07-08 03:17
The perpetrators were with me at the time of the robbery playing video games.
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@shittydwarf@piefed.ca 2026-07-07 21:01
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
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@fartographer@lemmy.world 2026-07-08 04:12
two stolen trailers carrying $1.3 million in data center supplies What were these, trailers for ants!?
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@DarkCloud@lemmy.world 2026-07-08 04:18
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 seem like the good guys in comparison.
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@kreskin@lemmy.world 2026-07-08 04:30
We’ll be buying ram from guys in trenchcoats soon. Looking forward to that.
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@StealthLizardDrop@piefed.social 2026-07-08 02:12
So is the future going to be more mad max like but instead of oil it would be it equipment?
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@kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-07-08 04:37
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@cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2026-07-08 02:06
Never thought I’d say this, but good.
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@dragginupagain@lemmy.today 2026-07-08 04:41
Clickbait circlejerk slop. Every construction site is a target for thieves, this low effort clickbait has 0 substance and exists to be an excuse to circlejerk.
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@Janx@piefed.social 2026-07-07 23:46
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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@dan69@lemmy.world 2026-07-08 02:50
I just heard of next 3 fast and the furious movies
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@XLE@piefed.social 2026-07-07 23:31
What’s gonna be looted next, Flock cameras?!
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@BillCheddar@lemmy.world 2026-07-08 05:30
Reagan’s crackheads have come home to roost.
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@FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-08 02:03
I want to rob a data center, I’ve been looking for work and I’ve been unemployed for months
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@echodot@feddit.uk 2026-07-08 07:04
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
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@TheStrongestBoy@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-09 03:07
I mean, that’s where all the copper and expensive equipment is. Why would thieves go anywhere else?
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@mechoman444@lemmy.world 2026-07-08 16:43
It’s fascinating how selective people’s moral principles become. When it’s AI data centers being robbed, suddenly theft is funny, justified, or even worth celebrating. But if the victims were socialist politicians, transgender people, or any other group this community sympathizes with, the reaction would be outrage and demands for justice. For the record, I have no issue with people supporting socialism or transgender rights. I only use those examples because they’re emotionally charged topics in this community, and they illustrate how quickly people’s standards change depending on who the victim is. Either theft is wrong regardless of who the victim is, or your moral standard changes depending on whether you like the target. That’s not a principle. It’s favoritism dressed up as ethics.
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@rekabis@programming.dev 2026-07-09 05:11
Damn, I could use some of that hardware.
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@Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 2026-07-07 20:46
What “thieves”? No one saw any “thieves”. You can’t prove anything.
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@AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 2026-07-07 20:51
Nature is healing
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@MushuChupacabra@piefed.world 2026-07-07 20:55
Easy Mode Above Ground Copper Mines
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@Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 2026-07-07 21:01
Steal what you can carry and torch the rest.