Maybe they only shipped some components they don't want to have assembled there or that are more expensive in the US. So theoretically they could've just shippe

Maybe they only shipped some components they don't want to have assembled there or that are more expensive in the US. So theoretically they could've just shipped network equipment or storage servers (for block volumes) while other servers were assembled in the US. I can't really imagine that it's cheaper for them to assemble complete racks in Germany and ship them over, assembly cost by a third party in the US is likely cheaper and definitely much faster.