KUALA LUMPUR — There is no indication so far that AI chips were exported from Malaysia in relation to the Nvidia scandal, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Malaysia has also yet to receive any formal request from Singapore or the United States regarding any probe into companies related to the issue, such as Singapore-based Megaspeed International Pte Ltd and its subsidiary in Johor, data centre tenant Speedmatrix Sdn Bhd.
“There has not been any indication of chip exports,” he told reporters in Brickfields today, Bernama reports. Anwar when asked whether there was evidence that the chips had been exported from Malaysia.
Anwar said the Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry (Miti) had given a report on the matter this morning at the Cabinet meeting.
“We will cooperate with all the agencies involved.
“Right now, we have not received any request (from Singapore or the US). But we will, of course, collaborate.
“Ours is a trading nation. We welcome investments. We want to make sure the rules are being followed,” he added.
In a statement earlier today, Miti said it had never cleared Singapore-based Megaspeed International or its Malaysian affiliate, Speedmatrix.
Miti said Speedmatrix is a data centre tenant here and this allows it to bring in its own servers and AI chips into the country for its operations. No permit or licence is currently required to bring AI chips into Malaysia.
However, since July 2025, anyone seeking to export, re-export, transship or transit high-performance US AI chips from or through Malaysia, must first obtain a permit from Miti under the Strategic Trade Act 2010, the ministry said.
It was reported that between June 2024 and February 2025, Speedmatrix had bought an estimated US$4.8 billion (RM19.5 billion) worth of Nvidia AI hardware and graphics processing units. This raised suspicions in US authorities over the diversion or re-export of high-performance AI chips to China, bypassing US export controls.
Nvidia is now in a leadership crisis with the resignation yesterday of its founder and president, Jensen Huang, amid mounting controversy of extramarital affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy, Alice Huang, who was a former executive at Megaspeed International.
Miti said it was working with the Royal Malaysian Customs Department to determine whether any of those chips had been re-exported to other countries and, if so, whether the re-exports complied with Malaysian laws.
The ministry also warned that giving false information to Customs about such goods is also a serious offence under the Customs Act 1967.
Mit said Malaysia would carry out its own checks independently, in accordance with Malaysian laws based on the available evidence. – November 13, 2026