What we know so far about Nvidia partner Megaspeed’s Asia footprint
Megaspeed is at the center of a U.S. probe over its role in sending billions of restricted Nvidia chips to China, and its executive's alleged affair with Jensen Huang.
TL;DR
- Megaspeed, a Singapore-based cloud computing firm, is accused of facilitating billions in restricted Nvidia chip shipments to China.
- Alice Huang, Megaspeed's former managing director, is reportedly linked to China's Ministry of State Security and allegedly used her relationship with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to solicit business.
- Nvidia's board has launched an investigation into whether its CEO was targeted by a foreign intelligence operation.
- Singapore police opened an investigation into Megaspeed in October 2025 over suspected breaches of domestic law, though authorities dispute reports of investigations into Alice Huang.
- Megaspeed's assets and revenue surged significantly in 2024, despite a reported loss.
- The company denies illegally transferring chips to China and states it has passed multiple inspections by U.S. and Malaysian authorities, as well as Nvidia.
- Subsidiaries in Malaysia, Speedmatrix and MSFusion, have been linked to substantial purchases of AI equipment and land, with trade records showing large orders of Nvidia chips.
- A U.S. trade official reportedly found unopened Nvidia chips at a Speedmatrix data center in 2025, raising suspicions of illegal re-export to China.
- Malaysia's Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry has stated it has no evidence of Speedmatrix violating Malaysian law.
- Megaspeed also has a presence in Indonesia, with customs data showing imports of Nvidia H100 GPUs.