Taiwan Charges Nine Over Illegal Export of Nvidia B300 Servers

Taiwanese prosecutors charged nine people on Monday, including a manager from Nvidia and two former employees of Super Micro Computer Inc., accusing them of arranging the illegal export of B300 high-end AI servers to mainland China.

The Keelung District Prosecutors’ Office reported that 74 of the servers reached China: 50 routed through Indonesia, 16 shipped directly, and eight sent via Japan and Hong Kong before arriving on the mainland. A separate attempt to move 56 servers was intercepted and those machines remain in Taiwan.

Prosecutors allege defendants used deceptive tactics to evade export controls, including creating sham business arrangements, setting up a company in Japan, producing fake websites and falsifying purchase information.

Under Taiwan’s export rules and U.S. controls, the B300 units at issue are banned from sale to China. The Keelung document also notes company policy requires on-site checks when more than eight high-end servers are purchased.

The office identified an Nvidia manager by the family name Chang as a ‘key figure’ who authorized release of the B300 GPUs. Prosecutors are seeking the maximum five-year prison term for four of the nine defendants, including Chang. Two of the arrested individuals are former employees of Super Micro.

Nvidia wrote in a statement that it will cooperate with Taiwanese authorities: “We will work with the Taiwan authorities to help them resolve the allegations as quickly as possible,” a company spokesperson wrote. Super Micro wrote that the arrests followed its cooperation with investigators and that the company will strengthen its export compliance program “to protect American innovation.”

Investigators continue to examine how the servers were moved and whether additional parties were involved. The Keelung prosecutors’ office has not released the full indictment. Legal proceedings are expected to follow as authorities press charges.