Malaysia is looking into whether a local company linked to the ongoing NVIDIA chip controversy has breached the country’s export restrictions. At the same time, the government is drafting a new law to strengthen oversight of data centres and prevent advanced AI chips from being diverted to other countries.
Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani said the government would review whether Speedmatrix Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian subsidiary of Singapore-based Megaspeed International, had re-exported imported graphics processing units (GPUs) to China. However, he noted that Malaysia has yet to receive any formal requests from foreign authorities concerning the company.
