U.S. and Singapore scrutiny of Singapore-registered data-center company Megaspeed, a large Nvidia customer, is back in view after Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang acknowledged an extramarital affair and after new U.S. reporting on a federal chip inquiry^1,2.

Techmeme summarized New York Times reporting that Commerce Department investigators had been examining Megaspeed over allegations it smuggled Nvidia chips to China, and that the case was transferred to the Justice Department after Nvidia intervened¹. The Times article itself was not readable for this filing¹.

The South China Morning Post, reporting from Singapore, did not describe that Commerce-to-Justice handoff². It said Megaspeed is under investigation by U.S. authorities over allegations it helped Chinese firms circumvent American export restrictions on advanced AI chips, and that Singapore confirmed in October 2025 it was investigating the firm for suspected breaches of domestic law².

Singapore police said on Oct. 30 that the investigation remained ongoing, without specifying alleged offences, according to the Post². Megaspeed has denied wrongdoing².

The Post said media reports identified a former Megaspeed executive, Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, as the woman in the relationship with Jensen Huang, which U.S. officials suspect was linked to Chinese espionage². Jensen Huang did not name the woman in his admission². China's foreign ministry dismissed the espionage allegation as groundless, the Post reported².

Singapore's Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority records, as cited by the Post, show Huang Le ended an eight-month tenure as managing director in November 2023, the same month Singaporean Tan Yong Pong became director². The company was first registered in Singapore in 2015 as 7Road International and changed its name to Megaspeed in March 2023². Its sole registered shareholder is Swiftdata, incorporated in October 2023 and owned by Tan².

Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs on Oct. 31 said neither the government nor its officials had said Singapore investigated Alice Huang's ties to China, and that no such investigations had been conducted, the Post reported, after a Wall Street Journal article on that point². Police also said Singapore does not implement other countries' unilateral export controls but does not condone using a Singapore association to circumvent them².

Megaspeed's website describes it as an Nvidia cloud partner in the Asia-Pacific region, the Post said². Citing New York Times reporting, the Post said Megaspeed's Malaysian subsidiary Speedmatrix bought at least $4.8 billion of advanced AI equipment containing Nvidia chips between June 2024 and February, and that U.S. officials visited a Malaysian data center².

In December 2025, Megaspeed disputed a Bloomberg report of illegal chip transfers, saying on-site inspections and reviews by Nvidia and the U.S. and Malaysian governments found no evidence of illicit transfers, according to the Post². The company reshared that statement on LinkedIn on Monday².

Nvidia said its board was opening an independent investigation into Jensen Huang being the target of a foreign intelligence effort, and that it had no reason to believe national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised². In a Bloomberg interview filmed less than a month ago, Jensen Huang said Nvidia had checked Megaspeed chip deployments and that his interactions with Alice Huang, who is no longer with Megaspeed, were related to the company and were normal, the Post reported².