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Trailer Carrying Millions in Server Equipment Stolen in Lower Saxony
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Trailer Carrying Millions in Server Equipment Stolen in Lower Saxony

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Official statement Under investigation
  • Police in the Göttingen district are seeking witnesses after thieves stole a trailer loaded with server equipment in Herzberg am Harz.
  • The equipment, intended for a data center, was worth an estimated millions of euros and was found empty near a recycling facility after being tracked by GPS.
  • Investigators are seeking information about the tractor unit, other vehicles and people involved, as well as any possible resale of the equipment.

A trailer packed with high-value server equipment has been stolen in the Göttingen district, causing damage estimated in the millions of euros, police said.

The trailer was parked on an industrial-area roadside in Herzberg am Harz on Friday afternoon. It carried several pallets of equipment bound for a data center and was due to be delivered on Monday. When the driver returned early Monday morning, the trailer had disappeared.

The freight company used a GPS transmitter to locate it near a recycling facility on county road 409. The trailer had been emptied. Police believe an unknown tractor unit attached it on Siemensstrasse at about 9:50 p.m. Sunday and drove it away. The trip to the location likely took only a few minutes.

Investigators found a pallet truck and the trailer’s license plate near the recovery site. They suspect the server equipment was unloaded and removed in one or more vehicles. Police are asking witnesses to report suspicious people or vehicles, especially a tractor unit seen on Siemensstrasse, and are also seeking dashcam footage from drivers who were in the area.

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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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