What is Megaspeed International, the firm under scanner over Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang affair

Megaspeed International, a Singapore-based cloud computing firm, is in the spotlight after the alleged extramarital affair of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang with one of the company’s former executives, Alice Huang. Ms Huang is accused of being a Chinese spy. What is Megaspeed InternationalAccording to its website, Megaspeed is an Nvidia cloud partner in the Asia-Pacific region and a core business partner of Nvidia’s computing power cloud business. It adds that “we provide privatized, customized computing power product services covering NVIDIA’s entire GPU product line.”A Reuters report says that Megaspeed International was incorporated in 2015 as 7Road International before changing its name to Megaspeed International in March 2023. It adds that the company is wholly owned by Singapore-registered Swiftdata, incorporated in October 2023, which says providing hosting services by non-data centers is its principal activity.Reuters adds that Megaspeed’s assets increased sharply to $3 billion in 2024 from $33 million in 2023, its business filings showed. It reported an after-tax loss of $20 million ‌in ⁠2024, versus a loss of $21,283 a year earlier, while revenue jumped to $294 million from zero. Its cash flow statement showed $844,555 went to investing activities in 2024, after financing activities brought in cash of $10 million the previous year.According to the company’s LinkedIn, it has around 2-10 employees and 23 associated members. The interactive map by LinkedIn shows that Megaspeed has offices in Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia; Senayan City, Indonesia; and is headquartered in the Central Region of Singapore. Map showing the alleged locations of Megaspeed International | Photo Credit: Screengrab from LinkedIn Why is Megaspeed under the scannerWashington has restricted the export of Nvidia’s most cutting-edge silicon chips to China, citing national security concerns. The move is also seen as a measure to stay ahead in the field of artificial intelligence.The New York Times has reported that the U.S. government has been probing Megaspeed since 2024 over its potential steering of Nvidia chips to China. All of this, combined with the allegations of Ms Huang being a Chinese spy, has triggered speculation over Megaspeed’s involvement in the alleged chip transfer to China.As per an AFP report, in 2025, Bloomberg News also reported on the Singaporean probe into Megaspeed over the alleged smuggling of Nvidia chips to China. According to AFP, Megaspeed retorted in December of the same year, saying that Bloomberg’s reporting “contains misleading information and incorrect insinuations, including suggestions that we may have been involved in illegal chip transfers”.What is the Jensen Huang-Alice Huang saga Jensen Huang, the top boss of the chip maker and one of the world’s most valuable publicly traded companies, has admitted to being unfaithful to his wife, without disclosing details of the alleged relationship with Alice Huang. The Nvidia CEO said that he was “deeply sorry” for the affair. “I was unfaithful to my wife, my actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did,” the statement, uploaded on Nvidia’s website added.The New York Times reported that Alice Huang is a Chinese citizen recruited by Beijing to collect intelligence on Jensen Huang. Photo showing Nvidia CEO Jensen with a woman confirmed by Reuters to be Alice Huang | Photo Credit: Third Party/Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump has said that the FBI is investigating the affair. “I know the FBI is looking into it in terms of something else, and I think that he’ll be in good shape,” Mr. Trump said at a White House briefing.Nvidia has ordered an independent investigation on whether its CEO was targeted by a foreign espionage plot.Meanwhile, China has dismissed all allegations. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on November 9 that “the so-called Chinese spy allegation is unsubstantiated. It is nothing but smears against China.” “Whenever China-U.S. relations begin to improve, there are often those firing shots from the shadows,” the state-owned Global Times has said.(With inputs from AFP, AP, Reuters)