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Jun. 2, 2026

Server supplier says X abandoned $30M Twitter contract

A Taiwanese server supplier alleges X Corp. improperly abandoned a $30 million equipment contract after Elon Musk acquired Twitter, leaving the company with millions of dollars in custom-built inventory it says could not easily be resold.

Server supplier says X abandoned $30M Twitter contract
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A computer server supplier says its $30 million contract with Twitter was deliberately breached after Elon Musk acquired the social media platform and renamed it X in 2022.

Inventec, a Taiwan-based company represented by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, alleges it entered into an agreement with Twitter in 2020 to provide custom server racks and switches. The company was working to fulfill the contract when it was informed after Musk's purchase that the deal had been "...

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