The border is part of the deal.
A GPU node that cannot clear customs is a very expensive crate. We move AI hardware across borders as a discipline: export screening first, insured freight at server weights, correct classification, importer-of-record where you cannot import yourself, and recovery of what is recoverable. Priced as one landed number before you commit.
Quoted price and landed price are different numbers.
The other layers around the accelerator are covered on the stack overview.
Between an ex-works quote and hardware running in your rack sit freight and insurance at node weights, export screening on the way out, customs classification and duties on the way in, import VAT or GST and its recovery mechanics, and the physical last mile into the facility. On a multi-node order these are not rounding errors; they routinely swing the comparison between two suppliers.
The export layer is where deals actually die. Advanced accelerators are controlled goods: end users, destinations and re-export risk are screened before anything ships, and a desk that treats screening as an afterthought is a desk whose shipments get held. We run it first, which is why ours clear.
Importer of record is the unlock for buyers without an import licence in the destination: we stand as the importer, carry the compliance obligations, and hand you running hardware with clean paperwork. It is unglamorous and it is frequently the difference between two weeks and two months.
Asked first, answered straight.
Standing as the formal importer in the destination: customs entry, classification, duty and import VAT handling, compliance obligations and records. You receive delivered hardware without needing your own import capability in that country.
In most jurisdictions, yes, through the standard credit and reclaim mechanics, provided the entry paperwork is right the first time. We structure entries so your finance team reclaims rather than absorbs.
US and EU origins into most of the world, subject to export screening on each destination and end user. The screening answer comes fast, and if a destination cannot clear we say so and stop.
Yes: weight, value density and shock sensitivity all at once. Insured, tracked, properly packed freight with shock indicators is standard on our shipments, because a dropped pallet of HGX nodes is a seven-figure event.
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