Robot dogs are protecting data centers. Operators are seeing payoffs.

Boston Dynamics' robot quadruped, Spot, is being deployed at data centers, doing inspection and providing security. Boston Dynamics AI is driving a historic buildout of massive data centers spanning dozens of acres. Boston Dynamics and Ghost Robotics see an opportunity to provide mobile security with robot dogs. Boston Dynamics said customers can see a payoff within 2 years. It's not just humans. The robots are coming for dogs, too — and they could enter the red-hot space of securing AI dat...