The co-founder of a major datacenter company has been charged with smuggling $2.5 billion in AI chips to China

Three Chinese businessmen have been charged by the US government for allegedly diverting "high-performance computer servers assembled in the United States and integrating sophisticated US artificial intelligence technology to China."

The three are Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw, co-founder of Supermicro; Ruei-Tsang “Steven” Chang, a Supermicro sales manager in Taiwan; and Ting-Wei “Willy” Sun, a contractor of Supermicro.

Supermicro, a major datacenter company that builds server racks and more for businesses...