Server-maker Wiwynn expands $61 million lawsuit against X

Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wiwynn has added two more counts to its complaint against Elon Musk's social network X, alleging hasn't paid for hardware it had contracted to buy.

Wiwynn filed a complaint [PDF] against X in August, stating that in 2014 it contracted with Twitter to provide "unique, custom-designed IT infrastructure products including rack solutions."

The products Wiwynn built, and which were used in Twitter's datacenters, were a bit funky.

"The components used to build the products are largely unique to the products, resulting in long lead times for ordering such component parts from suppliers," the complaint states. Wiwynn therefore required pre-Musk-acquisition Twitter to give "written approval for Wiwynn to purchase the necessary components to manufacture the custom products … and expressly assumed liability for the procurement costs."

That arrangement worked for years. Until Elon Musk took over in late 2022.

At that time, Wiwynn alleges, "X Corp ...