民主党参议员迈克尔·贝内特（科罗拉多州）正就特朗普政府对云计算和数据中心企业Megaspeed的调查向情报和商务部门负责人施压。此前有报道称，商务部去年暂停了对该公司的调查。贝内特在周二发出的一封信中，要求司法部、商务部、国务院和国家情报总监办公室主任就政府对这家总部位于新加坡的公司的调查提供最新进展。
Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet (Colo.) is pressing intelligence and commerce leaders in the Trump administration on its investigation into the cloud computing and data center firm Megaspeed following reports the Commerce Department paused their investigation into the company last year. Bennet, in a letter sent Tuesday, asked the heads of the departments of Justice (DOJ), Commerce, State and the Office of the Director of the National Intelligence for an update on the government's probe into the Singapore-based firm, which came into the spotlight this week after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang seemingly admitted to having an affair with Megaspeed executive Alice Huang, an alleged Chinese spy.
本周，英伟达首席执行官黄仁勋似乎承认与Megaspeed高管Alice Huang有婚外情，而后者被指为中国间谍，这使该公司成为关注焦点。这位科罗拉多州民主党人在信中称，针对Megaspeed的这些明显调查“至关重要且时间紧迫”。《赛马福》最先报道了这封信。《纽约时报》本周早些时候报道称，商务部突然停止了对Megaspeed的调查，并将其移交给了司法部。
The Colorado Democrat called the apparent investigations into Megaspeed "crucial and time-sensitive" in the letter, which was first reported by Semafor. The New York Times reported earlier this week that the Commerce Department abruptly stopped its investigation into Megaspeed and passed it off to the Department of Justice.
据《纽约时报》最先报道，该机构去年曾以涉嫌违反美国出口管制、将英伟达的人工智能芯片走私到中国为由对Megaspeed展开调查，但在收到英伟达总法律顾问蒂姆·泰特关于该调查的电子邮件后停止了调查。据《纽约时报》报道，泰特称，商务部负责工业与安全的副部长杰夫·凯斯勒允许他就此案进行联系。《纽约时报》报道称，商务部工作人员对凯斯勒可能与英伟达进行的对话感到担忧，并将案件移交给了司法部，以“避免政府对Megaspeed的调查受到任何潜在损害”。
The agency was investigating Megaspeed last year over suspicions the company was smuggling Nvidia's AI chips into China despite U.S. export controls but stopped after receiving an email from Nvidia's general counsel, Tim Teter, about the probe, the Times first reported. According to Teter, Jeff Kessler, the under secretary of Commerce for industry and security, gave him permission to reach out on the case, the Times reported. Commerce Department staff were concerned about Kessler's potential conversations with Nvidia and transferred the case to the DOJ to "avoid any potential compromise of the government's investigation of Megaspeed," the Times reported.
NBC新闻随后报道称，在泰特发出电子邮件后，司法部要求商务部停止其参与的那部分调查。两家机构均未证实这篇报道的细节，司法部拒绝置评。
NBC News later reported the DOJ asked Commerce to stop its part of the probe following Teter's email. The details of this report were not confirmed by either agency and the DOJ declined to comment.
在《泰晤士报》报道前一天，英伟达董事会宣布启动调查，此前黄仁勋承认对妻子“不忠”。黄爱丽丝（Alice Huang）被怀疑遭中国国家安全部招募为间谍。预计英伟达的调查将聚焦美国国家安全和经济安全，不过董事会表示，没有理由认为国家安全或公司机密受到损害。在最新消息中，贝内特还要求特朗普政府与新加坡、马来西亚和印度尼西亚等拥有Megaspeed基础设施的国家接触，以“处理可能违反出口管制的行为”。
A day before the Times's report, Nvidia's board of directors announced it was launching an investigation after Huang admitted to having been "unfaithful" to his wife. Alice Huang is suspected of being recruited to spy by China's Ministry of State Security. Nvidia's investigation is expected to focus on U.S. national and economics security, though the board said it did not have a reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised. Along with an update, Bennet asked the Trump administration to engage nations hosting Megaspeed infrastructure, like Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, to "address potential violations of export controls."
他补充说：“我还请求你考虑对Megaspeed采取具体惩罚措施，以及采取更有力的出口管制和执法方式。”
"I also request your consideration of specific punitive measures against Megaspeed, as well as stronger approaches to export controls and enforcement," he added.