Umthombo wezindaba zobuchwepheshe i-Tom's Hardware ushicilele umbiko izolo (7 Agasti), uthi emhlanganweni womphakathi owawubanjelwe e-Salem, e-Oregon, e-US mayelana nesikhungo sedatha se-AI esihlongozwayo esibiza ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyinkulungwane ezingu-5,1 (inothi: cishe ama-yuan ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-34,474 ngokwezinga lokushintshisana lamanje), izakhamuzi zendawo ezinodlame zakhiphe i-guillotine ukukhombisa ukuphikisa.
I-IT之家 icaphuna lo mbiko ithi lo mhlangano womphakathi wabanjwa ngomhlaka-27 Julayi ngesikhathi sendawo, ukuze kubanjwe umhlangano ovulekile mayelana nesikhungo sedatha i-Oakline at Mill Creek esihlelwe yi-Verrus. Umhlangano uthathe amahora angaphezu kwayisithupha, kodwa wagcina ungasalawuleki ngenxa yokwanda kwemibhikisho.
Isikhungo sedatha esihlongozwayo sizoba epaki i-Oakline e-Mill Creek, sitshalwe kuyo imali engama-dollar ayizigidi eziyinkulungwane ezingu-5,1. Kuhlelwe ukuthi kwakhiwe indawo ehlanganisa izakhiwo ezintathu zesikhungo sedatha kanye nesiteshi esincane sikagesi sezinsiza zomphakathi endaweni engama-acre angu-75 e-Mill Creek Corporate Center, eduze ne-Turner Road ne-Deerpark Drive.
Imibiko ithi le ngxoxo ithathe amahora angaphezu kwayisithupha, futhi amalungu amaningi omphakathi azwakalise ngokusobala ukuphikisa kwawo. Abamele i-Verrus babefike ekuqaleni bezolalela imibono, kodwa phakathi nomhlangano bavinjwa iqembu lababhikishi.
Umkhulumeli we-Verrus u-JP Newmann uthe ngesikhathi sekhefu ababhikishi bazungeza abamele inkampani futhi babathethisa kakhulu. Isimo sase “singasaphephile ukuthi bahlale”, ngakho bagcina behambile ngosizo lwamaphoyisa.
Ngemva kwesonto umhlangano uphelile, idolobha lase-Salem lamemezela ukuthi lizomisa uhlelo lwesikhungo sedatha esihlongozwayo unyaka owodwa, liphinde limise konke ukuthuthukiswa kwezikhungo zedatha ngaphakathi kwedolobha.
