Super Micro Says It Is Cooperating in Three China Server Probes

Super Micro Computer says it is cooperating with inquiries in Singapore, the United States and Taiwan into whether servers carrying restricted Nvidia chips reached China, a question at the center of export-control enforcement.

Super Micro says it has shared information with authorities in all three jurisdictions and given investigators access to employees and records over several months. It also says it is not a target of the Taiwanese inquiry. Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs described the company’s help as “limited assistance” amid multiple requests from U.S. authorities.

Taiwanese authorities seized about 50 Super Micro servers in May 2026 as part of their investigation. The inquiry includes allegations that export documents were falsified. By early July 2026, four employees had been put on administrative leave, while two were still detained.

U.S. prosecutors charged Super Micro co-founder Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw and two others in March 2026 over an alleged $2.5 billion scheme to divert servers carrying Nvidia chips to China. Prosecutors allege the equipment passed through Southeast Asia before reaching Chinese customers. The charges name Liaw and two other individuals; Super Micro was not named as a defendant. The case was covered in earlier reporting on the U.S. charges.

U.S. export controls restrict shipments of some advanced Nvidia chips to China. The inquiries concern whether servers containing restricted Nvidia chips reached China. Prosecutors allege intermediaries were used along the Southeast Asian route to obscure the equipment’s final destination.

Super Micro makes AI servers, systems that pair computing hardware with chips. Their manufacturing, shipping and resale can span national borders, making the route and final destination relevant to export-control enforcement. The company has said its operations have not been affected by the investigations.