Singapore says US authorities, and Supermicro, hardly helped investigation of Jensen Huang’s Chinese friend

Seized passport during probe of suspected paperwork fibs that hid server shipments to parts unknown

The government of Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs has revealed it investigated Alice Huang, the woman who is an alleged Chinese intelligence asset and had an intimate relationship with former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and a possible entanglement with troubled server-maker Supermicro. US authorities provided only “limited assistance” in the matter, despite Singapore asking for help.

The Ministry outlined its activities in a statement published late on Thursday, Singapore time.

The document reveals that Singapore’s Police Force (SPF) and Customs agency commenced an investigation into Ms. Huang’s company, Megaspeed, in February 2025.

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“The suspected domestic offences pertained to potential false declarations in relation to the purchase of servers and other related offences,” the Ministry wrote, adding that the exec “was not investigated for espionage.”

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Singaporean authorities wanted to know if servers bought by local companies, but exported to Malaysia without ever touching Singaporean soil, might have ended up in a third country.

It is not unusual for Singapore-based companies to acquire goods that never reach the island, because it promotes itself as the ideal spot from which to run an operation that trades across Asia. Singapore does so because it is tiny – the whole nation is the same size as the five boroughs of New York City.

That small size means Singapore restricts the number of datacenters that can operate on its soil.

Those limits are a big reason why Malaysia’s Johor region, which is under 20kms from the border with Singapore and a joint special economic zone, has become a major datacenter province.

Singapore needs deals like that to thrive but works hard to ensure its hospitality is not abused.

Which is why it felt Megaspeed’s activities worthy of investigation.

US authorities were interested too. On 24 June 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security, which regulates sensitive goods subject to export controls, visited Megaspeed in Singapore to check the hardware it bought arrived at its intended destination.

Ms. Huang attended that event and later met the SPF for an interview.

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That meeting ended with the SPF impounding her passport, so it could keep her in Singapore while the investigation continued.

As the matter progressed, the SPF suspected perennially troubled server-maker Supermicro had a role in this situation.

Readers may recall that the US Department of Justice indicted two Supermicro execs for conspiring to ship servers to China in contravention of US law. Supermicro investigated the matter and parted ways with three staff who acted improperly. The company has denied ever selling to Megaspeed.

Singaporean authorities say they received only “limited cooperation” from Supermicro, so in July 2025 the office of the nation’s Attorney General asked US authorities for help.

“Since September 2025, SPF has repeated this request on several occasions to the US Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” the statement reveals. “Despite these repeated requests, Singapore has to date received limited information or assistance in respect of the company.”

In February 2026, the SPF “concluded that there was insufficient evidence to establish that Huang had committed any offences relating to the possible inaccurate declarations for which Megaspeed was being investigated.”

But the police did decide that Ms. Huang provided inaccurate information “to downplay her role in Megaspeed.”

“She was issued a stern warning and barred from re-entering the country.”

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The police returned her passport and Ms. Huang left Singapore on the same day.

The Singaporean statement shows the island nation wants the world to know it does not facilitate sanction-busting activity and takes even the hint of it seriously.

That matters to Nvidia, too, because Singaporean buyers sometimes account for over 20 percent of its quarterly revenue and may continue to do so. Whoever replaces Jensen Huang as Nvidia’s CEO will surely face many questions about the company’s practices. Singapore may just have made answering those queries a little easier. ®