According to Bloomberg News, the United States suspects that Nvidia chips have been secretly shipped to

A company affiliated with the Thai national AI initiative is suspected of smuggling Super Micro Computer servers worth billions of dollars, equipped with advanced Nvidia chips, to China, reports Bloomberg News citing sources.

The intermediary buyer was a Southeast Asian company referred to as “Company-1” by prosecutors, identified as OBON Corp based in Bangkok, according to sources.

Alibaba Group Holding 9988.HK was among the final customers, the report adds.

A Nvidia spokesperson stated that the company expects ecosystem partners to adhere strictly to compliance at all levels, and will work with the government to enforce rules.

Additionally, Alibaba stated to Reuters that they had no business relationship with Super Micro, OBON, or any other third-party brokers mentioned, and denied using banned Nvidia chips in their data centers.

Super Micro and OBON did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comments.

In March, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted Super Micro’s co-founder, CEO, and contractor for orchestrating a scheme to route servers from the U.S. through Taiwan to Southeast Asia, repackaging them in unmarked boxes for clandestine entry into China.

Prosecutors allege over $2.5 billion in U.S. AI technology was transferred, with over $500 million shipped between April and mid-May 2025.

Part of the servers sold to OBON for $2.5 billion was reportedly intended for Alibaba, the report mentioned.

In 2022, the U.S. banned the export of high-end Nvidia chips to China over military use concerns but approved the sale of Nvidia’s H200 chips in January under specific conditions.

Shareholders of Super Micro sued the Silicon Valley server manufacturer in March for alleged securities fraud, claiming it concealed its reliance on sales to China, violating U.S. export laws.