US imports of data center equipment surged 109% between 2020 and 2025, climbing from $312.7B to $653.1B, a figure that now represents 18.6% of all US merchandise imports.
That’s up from 13% just five years ago. In other words, nearly one in five dollars America spends on imported goods now goes toward the infrastructure powering artificial intelligence.
China, once the dominant supplier of computing equipment to the US, has seen its share of data center imports collapse from over 40% to single digits. The winners are Taiwan, Mexico, and Vietnam, countries that have positioned themselves on the right side of America’s tariff walls and export controls.
Asia’s AI export machine
Taiwan leads the pack as the top supplier of data center equipment, shipping $159B worth of gear to the US in 2025. Mexico followed at $142B, with Vietnam rounding out the top three at $86B.
