Megaspeed Breaks Silence on Chip-Diversion Allegations: Says Former Executive Alice Huang Left in August 2025, Launches Internal Probe

• Dispatched: Nov 15, 2026 · 08:38 ET (13:38 UTC)

One-sentence summary: Singapore cloud provider Megaspeed said on Sunday that former executive Alice Huang officially left the company on August 30, 2025 and holds no current role there, calling recent media claims about its business and supply chain unsupported by verifiable evidence and saying it has retained outside counsel to conduct a thorough internal investigation.

Verification status: ✓ Primary company disclosure (statement cross-confirmed by Reuters and CNBC); the underlying chip-diversion allegations are not yet confirmed

Core Facts & Consensus Delta:

Megaspeed issued the statement on 2026-11-15 04:09 ET / 09:09 UTC, its first detailed public response to the chip-diversion allegations that have dominated coverage of Nvidia's supply chain in recent days. The statement confirms that Alice Huang officially departed on August 30, 2025 and currently holds no position at the company, adding that Megaspeed does not comment on her personal and private matters. It says recent media assertions about the company's business, supply chain and global operations are "not supported by verifiable evidence," that the company conducts "legitimate and lawful business," and that its controls are designed to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including US export-control requirements. The company has retained external legal counsel for a thorough internal investigation and will communicate further with stakeholders as appropriate, without giving a completion timetable.

The departure date of August 30, 2025 is the key new factual anchor: earlier reporting had described Huang only as a former Megaspeed executive, without a departure date. For context, the New York Times reported in October 2025 that the US was investigating whether Megaspeed helped Chinese customers obtain Nvidia chips subject to export controls; The Information reported that at least $7.5 billion worth of Nvidia chips moved through Megaspeed and its Malaysian subsidiary Speedmatrix; Singapore said in February 2026 there was insufficient evidence to establish declaration-related offences by Huang. Nvidia's board announced on November 8, 2026 an independent investigation into whether CEO Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort.

Supply-Chain & Market Read-Through: Megaspeed describes itself as a core Nvidia cloud partner in the region, letting customers rent Nvidia GPU compute. The statement itself changes no confirmed fact: whether the allegations hold depends on the findings of the US and Singapore investigations and Nvidia's board probe. If a violation is confirmed, expect tighter US scrutiny of Nvidia cloud partners' resale and leasing chains; if no violation is found, it would ease market concern over compliance risk in Nvidia's supply chain. The statement does not address specific transactions item by item — for example, the scale of Speedmatrix purchases or the servers routed via Singapore-based Aperia — which remain pending disclosure by the internal or official investigations.

Next Catalysts & Watchpoints:

• Results of Megaspeed's internal investigation and further stakeholder communication (no timetable given; the first trackable node).
• Developments in the US and Singapore investigations of Megaspeed, and the conclusions of Nvidia's board-led independent investigation.
• Scheduled Senate Banking Committee testimony: Jensen Huang on 2026-12-03 and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on 2026-12-10; three House committees have asked Huang and Nvidia's general counsel to give closed-door depositions on 2026-12-01 and 2026-12-02 respectively.

Sources:

• Reuters (full text via KZ1023) (Published: 2026-11-15 04:09 ET / 09:09 UTC)
• CNBC (via TradingView) (Published: 2026-11-15 07:07 ET / 12:07 UTC)

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