Megaspeed Cooperates With US Export Inspections Amid Nvidia Probe

Megaspeed International, a Singapore-registered cloud partner of Nvidia, confirmed on Thursday that it has cooperated with inspections by the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security and takes its US export-control obligations seriously.

The company's statement offered no further details on the cause of the inspections. But the timing matters: it lands while two separate investigations — one in Singapore, one in the United States — are still running.

Who is Megaspeed?

The company operates as a cloud customer and partner of Nvidia, the US chipmaker whose graphics processing units sit at the center of American export controls on advanced computing hardware to China. Megaspeed is registered in Singapore.

The company is also known for one name in particular: Alice Huang, a former executive, is closely associated with the firm. That connection is what pulled Megaspeed into a wider story about Nvidia's leadership.

What did Singapore police say?

In October, Singapore police said the force was investigating Megaspeed over suspected breaches of domestic law. The probe followed a Wall Street Journal article titled "Chinese Executive Close to Nvidia CEO Suspected of Giving China Information."

The investigations — both the Singapore police inquiry and the parallel US effort — are continuing, according to the source material. Neither has produced charges or findings that have been made public.

What is Megaspeed doing about it?

Megaspeed has retained a leading US law firm, the company said in its Thursday statement. The firm's mandate is twofold:

• Carry out a comprehensive census of the graphics processing units Megaspeed holds.
• Independently verify the company's export-control compliance practices.

The company framed its posture as cooperative rather than defensive. It said it welcomes government scrutiny and intends to show through concrete actions that it operates responsibly and in line with US law.

That wording — "concrete actions" — signals Megaspeed wants the audits to speak for it while the investigations remain unresolved.

Why does this connect to Nvidia's CEO?

The WSJ report at the center of the Singapore investigation concerned a Chinese executive described as close to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, suspected of passing information to China. Separately, TechNode Global reported on November 9 that Nvidia was investigating Huang himself over foreign intelligence reports, after he admitted an affair.

Megaspeed's statement did not address those reports directly. It confined itself to export-control compliance and cooperation with the Bureau of Industry and Security, the Commerce Department arm that enforces US controls on sensitive technology exports.

What happens next?

Two open investigations and an independent GPU census mean the facts on Megaspeed's hardware holdings will come from the audit, not from statements. Until the law firm's count and the Singapore police probe conclude, the company's cooperation pledge is the only public record — and the Bureau of Industry and Security has not said when its work will finish.