Singapore’s requests to US for Supermicro information in Megaspeed probe yield little

The Singapore Police Force and Singapore Customs independently launched investigations last year into several companies, including Megaspeed, and their key executives over suspected false declarations involving server purchases and other related offences. Singapore sought cooperation from a US server supplier during the investigations, but received limited information despite seeking help from US authorities.

In a statement issued on Thursday (12 November) evening, Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs reiterated that the investigations were independently initiated by Singapore, not at the request of any country or sovereign entity.

The statement stressed that Singapore takes its reputation as a trusted international trading and business hub very seriously. It will not allow any company to exploit its links to Singapore to circumvent other countries’ export controls through fraud or dishonesty.

Singapore began investigating Singapore-registered Megaspeed and other companies, as well as their senior executives, in February 2025. Megaspeed’s former chief executive and chairman, Alice Huang, was questioned by Singapore police in June that year.

Huang is a central figure in the recent controversy over an alleged extramarital affair involving Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s former chief executive.

According to the statement, the physical servers purchased by the companies involved were exported through Singapore to Malaysia without entering the Singapore market. Police are focusing on whether the servers were subsequently shipped from Malaysia to other destinations, contrary to declarations made in Singapore.

The US government has repeatedly accused companies of transhipping controlled high-end artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China through Singapore and neighbouring Southeast Asian countries.

The Ministry of Home Affairs said that to establish the facts, Singapore police cannot rely solely on declarations filed in Singapore by the companies involved. They must also verify records with jurisdictions including the servers’ country of origin and final destinations. Singapore has therefore sought information from the relevant authorities in the US and destination countries to assist its investigations.

In particular, Singapore police have repeatedly asked US authorities for information relating to US server supplier Supermicro.

Supermicro is a US-listed company whose core business is providing servers and storage infrastructure to businesses, large data centres and cloud computing providers worldwide. It is particularly known for its AI servers and liquid-cooling technology.

The Ministry of Home Affairs said Supermicro had provided very limited cooperation. Singapore police and the Attorney-General’s Chambers therefore sought help from US authorities at a meeting on 7 July 2025 to secure Supermicro’s cooperation with the investigations.

The statement said police had repeatedly renewed this request to the US Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation since September 2025. However, “Singapore has to date received limited information or assistance” concerning the company.

Police investigations into Megaspeed and six individuals other than Alice Huang remain ongoing. All six have been outside Singapore since the investigations began in February 2025.

The Ministry of Home Affairs stressed in its statement that while Singapore does not enforce other countries’ unilateral export controls, it requires all businesses operating in Singapore to take full account of the relevant regulations in their international dealings. Where evidence of breaches of Singapore law is found, the authorities will take firm enforcement action and cooperate with foreign authorities where appropriate.

Between February 2025 and July 2026, Singapore charged four individuals and four companies in court with offences including false representation and fraud relating to server purchases. The offences carry a maximum prison term of 20 years upon conviction.

Before the Ministry of Home Affairs issued its statement, Megaspeed said in a statement earlier on Thursday (12 November) that it had engaged a US law firm to conduct a comprehensive review of its compliance with US export control laws.

Megaspeed’s Singaporean director, chairman and president Tan Yong Pong said in the statement that the company had cooperated with an inspection by the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security and was prepared to cooperate fully with other relevant US government agencies.

The statement said: “Megaspeed welcomes appropriate government scrutiny and is committed to demonstrating through concrete actions that it operates responsibly, transparently, and in accordance with applicable US laws.”

Megaspeed was formerly the Chinese gaming company 7Road International. Alice Huang joined the company in March 2023. It was subsequently renamed Megaspeed and is now wholly owned by Swiftdata.