US suspects Nvidia chips smuggled to Alibaba via Thailand: Bloomberg News

A firm linked to Thailand's national AI initiative is suspected of helping smuggle billions of dollars' worth of Super ‌Micro ⁠Computer servers ⁠containing advanced Nvidia chips to China, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Alibaba Group Holding is among ⁠the end ‌customers, the report added.

In March, US prosecutors ⁠in a criminal case said co-founder Liaw directed an unnamed Southeast Asian company to buy servers equipped with Nvidia's chips, and that the firm bought $2.5 ‌billion of servers in 2024 and 2025.


The unnamed Southeast Asian ⁠firm referred to by prosecutors as "Company-1" is Bangkok-based OBON Corp., Bloomberg said, citing the sources.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report.