Taiwan Indicts Nvidia Manager and Supermicro Staff Over Illegal AI Server Exports to China

Taiwan prosecutors have indicted nine people, among them a senior manager at Nvidia and two Supermicro employees based in the country, for forging export documents and breaching trust to conceal illegal shipments of advanced AI servers to China. The suspects are accused of making false records that suggested 130 B300 servers were installed at a Taiwanese facility, while 74 of those units were actually delivered to Chinese customers and 56 were intercepted by customs after irregularities were detected.

The case follows the March arrest of Supermicro co-founder Wally Liaw in the United States for allegedly funneling $2.5 billion in restricted AI servers to China. Taiwanese authorities said the indicted individuals were fully aware of Nvidia’s and Supermicro’s strict export-control policies.

Supermicro issued a statement confirming cooperation with Taiwanese investigators and emphasized that the company itself is not the target of the probe, which has examined at least 12 locations. The firm said it has taken steps to strengthen safeguards, improve supply-chain visibility, and enforce export-control laws.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang previously criticized Supermicro’s compliance program, urging partners to improve regulation adherence. In response, Supermicro reported internal changes, including the termination of several employees linked to the scheme, and a third-party review that cleared current senior officials of involvement.

U.S. lawmakers are also considering legislation that would extend export controls to remote cloud access of critical hardware, aiming to close loopholes that allow Chinese entities to use overseas data centers for AI computing. The proposed Remote Access Security Act could impose new compliance requirements on cloud providers.