I had to read it like 3 or 4 times before I understood. Just confirming every intrepretation was bonkers until I remembered trucks are a thing.

Achtually! Silicon is the 14th element on the periodic table. Sand is (mostly) Silicon Dioxide, SiO2.

But this article is stating that it was a ruse to fool the thieves unfortunately.

Cause it likely is.

Edit: thinking about it further we have never heard of, nor seen, an Nvidia branded trailer. We have never heard about one getting stolen before. Now suddenly 2 get stolen, and were bait? Who were they baiting?

KitKat managed to turn a stolen truck into a marketing campaign. I wouldn't be surprised if NVIDIA was trying to do the same thing.