
Leaked video exposes how industrial-scale Chinese factories are dismantling RTX 5090s by the thousands to fuel AI servers
Leaked footage reveals thousands of consumer-grade GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards being torn apart in Chinese industrial workshops to repurpose them for AI servers.
The video exposes how industrial-scale Chinese factories are dismantling RTX 5090s by the thousands, removing GPU dies and memory modules to transplant them into blower-style designs for AI servers. This explains why these high-performance graphics cards have become increasingly difficult to find in retail markets despite being among the best available.
The practice affects both custom partner cards and Nvidia's own Founders Edition models, which are being targeted for conversion. The footage shows the systematic disassembly of brand-new cards, highlighting the growing demand for specialized AI hardware components in China's rapidly expanding artificial intelligence sector.