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SiamAI denies exporting US servers to China
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Bangkok-based SiamAI said on Saturday that it had not exported AI servers to China and that it complies with US export and re-export control laws.
Key facts
- Bangkok-based SiamAI said on Saturday that it had not exported AI servers to China and that it complies with US export and re-export control laws.
- The company was responding to reports about a US investigation into the smuggling via Thailand of $2.5 billion worth of computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to China.
- Bloomberg News identified the intermediary buyer in Thailand as OBON Corporation, a Bangkok-based IT and cloud services vendor.
- An indictment handed down in the US in March accuses Super Micro Computer Inc co-founder Yih-Shyan Liaw of working with OBON and brokers to evade export controls.
- Ratanaphon Wongnapachant, a former chief executive of OBON who is now the CEO of SiamAI, told Bloomberg he had already left OBON when the alleged offences occurred.
Summary
The company was responding to reports about a US investigation into the smuggling via Thailand of $2.5 billion worth of computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to China.
Bloomberg News identified the intermediary buyer in Thailand as OBON Corporation, a Bangkok-based IT and cloud services vendor.