22 Dell Servers With H800 Chips Reach Data Center in Shanghai
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A Bloomberg News report said 22 Dell servers containing Nvidia H800 chips arrived at a data facility in Shanghai linked to Megaspeed International, a route that highlights the risks of re-exporting technology subject to U.S. restrictions. Aperia bought the servers from Dell, according to the report, and the United States had restricted sales of H800 chips to China in 2023. The report said a Chinese company founded by Alice Huang supplied the chips installed at the facility. It also said some of the servers were initially sold to Aperia Cloud Services, Nvidia’s official cloud partner based in Singapore. A person familiar with the deal confirmed that Aperia was a Dell customer after Bloomberg sent them the servers’ serial numbers.
According to the report, the servers passed through companies in Singapore before some reached the Chinese company linked to Huang and the Shanghai facility. Megaspeed used an image of the facility in question in a 2024 investor presentation, which the report cited among the company’s links to the project. Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs said the servers were bought from companies under investigation and then exported through Singapore to Malaysia, without entering the Singapore market. It added that the investigation examined whether the servers were later diverted elsewhere, contrary to what had been declared at the time of purchase. This places the case within the broader effort to verify statements about the servers’ purchase and destination, alongside tracking their movement between countries.
Dell said it had halted all sales and support activities for Aperia International in February 2025 over concerns about unauthorized diversion. The company did not hold Aperia responsible for moving the servers to their later destination in the statement cited by the report. The sales relationship between the two companies predated the decision to halt sales and support, according to the person familiar with the deal. The action is part of the background to the commercial dealings between Dell and Aperia, while Singapore’s investigation focuses on the possibility that information about the purchase and route of the servers was inaccurate. In May 2025, Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang said there was no evidence that the chips had been diverted to another destination.
Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs said police and customs launched a separate investigation in February 2025 into several companies and their officers, including Megaspeed, over the possible submission of false information when buying the servers. The ministry said Alice Huang was not a Singapore resident and was not under investigation for espionage. The investigation involving her focused on a possible local offense related to statements about the purchase and destination. In February 2026, police, in consultation with the attorney general, concluded there was insufficient evidence to establish that she had committed offenses involving potentially inaccurate statements. They issued her a stern warning and barred her from returning, after assessing that she had provided information she knew was inaccurate.
Malaysia’s Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry said it was working with customs to determine whether chips imported by a Megaspeed subsidiary had been re-exported, and whether any such shipments complied with the law. Reuters quoted Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim as saying there were no indications that chips linked to Megaspeed had been shipped from Malaysia. Malaysia imposed controls in July 2025 on the movement of high-performance AI chips of U.S. origin, including a requirement for authorization for re-export, transshipment or transit. Megaspeed said it was committed to constructive and transparent cooperation with the U.S. government and to complying with U.S. export controls. In a statement issued on 12 November 2026, Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs said its investigation into Megaspeed and six other people was still ongoing.