Prices have surged from roughly 4 million yuan late last year to 7 million yuan ($1 million) today, driven by the Supermicro co-founder’s arrest, tighter enforcement, and voracious demand from Chinese AI companies unwilling to hold restricted hardware on their own books. NVIDIA’s B300 AI servers are now selling in China for approximately 7 million yuan, roughly $1 million per unit, nearly double their US list price of around $550,000, according to Reuters, which cited four industry sources. The near-doubling from around 4 million yuan late last year reflects a scarcity premium that has intensified sharply since early 2026, as…