Malaysia Probes Whether Megaspeed Chips Were Re-exported

Malaysia’s Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry is working with customs to determine whether AI chips imported by Megaspeed’s Malaysian unit, Speedmatrix, were re-exported and whether any shipments violated Malaysian rules. The inquiry has not established that the chips left the country, and the ministry said it had not cleared either company of wrongdoing.

The ministry said inspections at Speedmatrix facilities were routine monitoring, not an exoneration. Speedmatrix brought servers and AI chips into Malaysia as a data-center tenant, according to the ministry. Customs is checking whether the equipment was later sent elsewhere and, if so, whether the shipments complied with local requirements.

Malaysia requires permits for sending US-origin AI chips to another country, moving them through the country or holding them in transit. The ministry said companies operating in Malaysia should take other countries’ export controls into account in international business, while Malaysia does not enforce unilateral controls imposed by foreign governments. It is considering tightening its own controls and said it is working with authorities in Singapore and the United States.