Taiwan indicts nine for allegedly exporting AI servers to China

Taiwanese prosecutors have indicted nine individuals, including employees from Nvidia and Supermicro, for allegedly exporting AI servers to China in violation of US export restrictions. The arrests are part of an ongoing investigation into illegal transfers of AI servers built by Supermicro using Nvidia GPUs. According to prosecutors, two defendants enabled the illegal reselling of 74 AI servers, generating over $21 million in profits.

One defendant has surrendered to authorities, while eight others have been charged with breach of trust and forgery of documents. Supermicro has stated that the arrests of its former employees were due to its cooperation with officials, and the company claims no evidence of current senior management involvement in the alleged scheme.

This follows a previous US government indictment in March against three Supermicro associates over allegations of smuggling at least $2.5 billion worth of AI technology into China.

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