{"slug": "thieves-stole-an-nvidia-branded-trailer-filled-with-nothing-but-20000-pounds-of", "title": "Thieves stole an Nvidia-branded trailer filled with nothing but 20,000 pounds of sand", "summary": "Two trailers belonging to autonomous trucking company PlusAI — one bearing Nvidia branding — were stolen overnight Thursday and recovered the same afternoon by Newark Police after a PlusAI employee's friend spotted them parked near another company's office, Fremont Police told Business Insider. Each trailer carried 20,000 pounds of sand used to simulate cargo weight during test drives, not Nvidia GPUs, and PlusAI vice president of marketing Lauren Kwan said nothing was stolen or damaged and no one has been arrested. The theft comes as supply chain security firm Overhaul reports thefts of data center and computing equipment have risen 34% since 2024, with more than $150 million in AI equipment losses tracked to date.", "body_md": "Thieves stole two trailers from an autonomous trucking company, including one emblazoned with Nvidia's logo. Their haul? 40,000 pounds of sand.\n\nThe trailers were reported stolen overnight on Thursday from PlusAI, which uses [Nvidia chips](https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-turning-massive-cash-pile-into-next-competitive-moat-2026-8) in its self-driving systems. Rather than carrying Nvidia's valuable AI chips, known as GPUs, each trailer was filled with sand. PlusAI vice president of marketing Lauren Kwan said the company uses sand to simulate cargo weight during test drives.\n\nKwan said that hours after the company discovered the trailers had been stolen, a friend of a PlusAI employee spotted them parked near another company's office, unaware they had been taken.\n\nPlusAI employees then confirmed the trailers' location and called the police.\n\nFremont Police told Business Insider that the two trailers were subsequently recovered by Newark Police that afternoon.\n\n“This case remains under investigation, and no one has been arrested as of now,” Fremont Police told Business Insider on Friday.\n\nKwan said PlusAI suspects the Nvidia branding may have attracted the thieves. She said the trailers appeared to have been opened, and nothing was stolen or damaged.\n\n“In the 10 years of the company being around, we've never had something like this happen before,” she said, adding that the company is now considering additional security measures.\n\nThe incident comes as valuable [AI hardware](https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-partners-groq-ai-services-groqcloud-2026-8) has increasingly become a target for thieves.\n\nAccording to supply chain security firm Overhaul, which has tracked more than $150 million in AI equipment [losses to date](https://www.over-haul.com/reports/ai-infrastructure-intel), thefts involving data center and computing equipment have increased by 34% since 2024.\n\nNvidia did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.\n\n*Have a tip? Contact this reporter via email at* __gweiss@businessinsider.com__ *or Signal at @geoffweiss.25. Use a personal email address and a nonwork device;* __here's our guide__ *to sharing information securely.*", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/thieves-stole-an-nvidia-branded-trailer-filled-with-nothing-but-20000-pounds-of", "canonical_source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/thieves-steal-nvidia-branded-trailer-find-sand-instead-2026-9", "published_at": "2026-09-28 19:55:14+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-28 20:18:17.620406+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["autonomous-vehicles", "ai-chips"], "entities": ["Nvidia", "PlusAI", "Fremont Police", "Newark Police", "Lauren Kwan", "Overhaul", "Business Insider"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/thieves-stole-an-nvidia-branded-trailer-filled-with-nothing-but-20000-pounds-of", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/thieves-stole-an-nvidia-branded-trailer-filled-with-nothing-but-20000-pounds-of.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/thieves-stole-an-nvidia-branded-trailer-filled-with-nothing-but-20000-pounds-of.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/thieves-stole-an-nvidia-branded-trailer-filled-with-nothing-but-20000-pounds-of.jsonld"}}