Megaspeed hid a reference to Super Micro on its website’s partner page by commenting out the HTML code after the US server maker denied any relationship with the Singapore cloud firm, Semafor reported. Although Megaspeed listed Super Micro as a partner, a Super Micro spokesperson told Semafor that “SuperMicro does not have a partnership program” and declined to comment on Megaspeed’s website after earlier stating that the firm is not and has never been a customer.
Super Micro issued its denial as its shares fell as much as 15% on a Bloomberg report that the US attorney’s office in Manhattan is investigating whether companies tied to former Megaspeed executive Alice Huang helped smuggle Super Micro’s Nvidia-powered servers into China. Semafor reported that the Justice Department is probing Super Micro’s relationship with Huang rather than Megaspeed itself, while Manhattan prosecutors separately charged Super Micro co-founder Wally Liaw and two others in March in a $2.5 billion scheme to divert Nvidia-powered servers to Chinese buyers via Southeast Asia.
