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Supermicro Announces Strategic Partnership with DataVolt

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI) (“Supermicro” or the “Company”), a Total IT Solution Provider for AI, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership under a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) with DataVolt to build hyperscale AI campuses initially in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

“Supermicro is thrilled to work together in this important effort to deliver significantly enhanced computing power for the next generation of AI infrastructure,” said Charles Liang, President and CEO of Supermicro. “We are excited to collaborate with DataVolt to bring our advanced AI systems featuring the latest direct liquid cooling technology (DLC-2) powered by local renewable, sustainable, and net-zero green technology.”

This collaboration will fast-track delivery of Supermicro’s ultra-dense GPU platforms, storage, and rack PnP systems for DataVolt’s hyperscale gigawatt-class renewable and net-zero green AI campuses, giving our customers access to unprecedented scale and sustainability. Supermicro’s state-of-the-art liquid cooling solutions reduce power costs up to 40%, accelerate time-to-deployment and time-to-online, and allow data centers to run more efficiently with lower power usage effectiveness (PUE). As an end-to-end solution provider for the enterprise and cloud data centers, Supermicro will deliver a fully-tested and optimized total IT solution that includes high performance AI and compute servers, networking, storage, racks, and advanced liquid cooling technologies. Supermicro’s proven liquid cooling solutions at scale enable data center operators to rapidly deploy the latest and most performant AI infrastructure while lowering TCO by up to 20%.

The collaboration is subject to negotiation and completion of one or more definitive agreements between the parties. The estimated minimum market value of the products contemplated in the transaction is $20 billion. This underscores the strategic partnership between the two companies to develop cutting-edge large scale AI infrastructure.

About Super Micro Computer, Inc.

Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) is a global leader in Application-Optimized Total IT Solutions. Founded and operating in San Jose, California, Supermicro is committed to delivering first-to-market innovation for Enterprise, Cloud, AI, and 5G Telco/Edge IT Infrastructure. We are a Total IT Solutions manufacturer with server, AI, storage, IoT, switch systems, software, and support services. Supermicro's motherboard, power, and chassis design expertise further enables our development and production, enabling next-generation innovation from cloud to edge for our global customers. Our products are designed and manufactured in-house (in the US, Taiwan, and the Netherlands), leveraging global operations for scale and efficiency and optimized to improve TCO and reduce environmental impact (Green Computing). The award-winning portfolio of Server Building Block Solutions® allows customers to optimize for their exact workload and application by selecting from a broad family of systems built from our flexible and reusable building blocks that support a comprehensive set of form factors, processors, memory, GPUs, storage, networking, power, and cooling solutions (air-conditioned, free air cooling or liquid cooling).

Statements contained in this press release that are not historical fact may be forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as will, would, contemplate, estimate, or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements do not constitute guarantees of future performance and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, including the completion of definitive agreements and the Company not being able to realize the potential product value contemplated by the MOU, which is not binding. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or suggested in any forward-looking statements are detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in such filings.

Supermicro, Server Building Block Solutions, and We Keep IT Green are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.

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