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A truck carrying $11.4 million worth of Huda Hardware disappeared in Southern California after traveling south from Oakland. The case was reported late, and police have not yet located the items or the suspects.
As demand for AI technology drives up value of data center equipment, chip giantsHuida Thieves have become greedy for the goods. A few months ago it was reported that a truck was moving in the southern United StatesCalifornia Mysteriously missing, HUDA computer hardware worth US$11.4 million went missing.
The New York Post today quoted the East Bay Times reporting that on August 29 this year, a truck with a food company’s logo left Oakland, California, and its destination wastexas Fort Worth (Fort Worth), the car contained six pallets of Nvidia computer hardware worth $11.4 million.
The truck and its driver were reported missing while heading south, leaving investigators scrambling to determine the whereabouts of the cargo. Authorities eventually lost track of the truck in San Bernardino County, California, where it stopped several times for several hours before disappearing.
The theft was not officially reported until early September, giving the suspected thieves several days to escape with the expensive items. No arrest has been announced yet.
According to the New York Post, this is one of a series of recent audacious heists targeting high-priced hardware shipments belonging to Huida.
In September this year, thieves stole a trailer bearing co-branded logos of Huida and PlusAI from a warehouse in California, apparently hoping to make money off valuable artificial intelligence (AI) graphics processing units (GPUs) or chips.
However, the car was actually filled with sand weighing a total of 40,000 pounds (about 18,144 kg).
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The truck left Oakland, California, on August 29 and was originally scheduled to be taken to Fort Worth, Texas. It contained six pallets of HUDA computer hardware, worth a total of US$11.4 million.
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Authorities eventually lost track of the truck in San Bernardino County, California. The truck stopped several times before disappearing, each time for several hours, indicating that the delivery process was quite suspicious.
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The theft was not officially reported until early September, giving the suspect several days to escape, and no arrests have yet been announced. This is one of several recent thefts targeting Huida’s high-value AI hardware shipments.
