Asustek Computer Inc (華碩) has secured an exclusive NT$1.42 billion (US$44.14 million) contract to supply servers powered by Nvidia Corp graphics processing units (GPUs) to help Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co (正崴) build the nation’s biggest artificial intelligence (AI) computing hub.
The computer vendor last year set a five-year goal to grow its server business revenue fivefold. Asusek expects server revenue this year to increase significantly from last year.
The server business accounted for about 10 percent of Asustek’s revenue last quarter, with about 70 percent to 80 percent of servers featuring AI functions, the company said.
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The company’s AI server clients are from the Asia-Pacific region, including government agencies, large-scale businesses and cloud service providers keen on operating their own data centers, Asustek said.
Cheng Uei, a USB Type-C connector supplier for iPhones also known as Foxlink, yesterday said in a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange that it has acquired a batch of new equipment from Asustek to support its operations.
The company plans to install all 128 of the AI servers at its fab in New Taipei City’s Tucheng District (土城) by the fourth quarter of this year, creating Taiwan’s biggest AI computing hub, the company said in a separate statement on Monday.
Those servers would be powered by Nvidia’s H100 GPUs, as the company aims to build an AI computing hub with the most powerful computing performance in Asia, it said.
Cheng Uei also aims to add servers with Nvidia’s latest GB200 GPU to the hub, chairman Gou Tai-chiang (郭台強) said in the statement.
Ublink.AI (優崴超級運算), a joint venture between Cheng Uei’s green energy arm, Shinfox Energy Co (森崴能源), and Japanese AI company Ubitus K.K., would operate the AI computing hub, the statement said.
Ubilink.AI plans to continue upgrading its servers and GPUs with Nvidia’s next-generation Blackwell architecture AI GPUs, the B100 and B200, when they are available, Cheng Uei said.
The company expects to amass 10,240 H100, B100 and B200 GPUs by next year, it said.
Ubilink.AI said that it is well-positioned to offer the best AI services in Taiwan and the region, leveraging and integrating Cheng Uei’s manufacturing capabilities, Shinfox Energy’s green energy, and Ubitus’ cloud and AI expertise and resources.
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