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Megaspeed, a Singapore-based data center operator suspected of helping Chinese companies circumvent U.S. export restrictions, has confirmed that Alice Huang, a former director whose affair with Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang caused a stir, left the company more than a year ago.
Megaspeed International disclosed Sunday that Alice Huang officially departed on Aug. 30, 2025, and no longer holds any position at the company. "Megaspeed does not comment on Ms Huang's personal and private matters," the firm said.
Megaspeed is suspected of helping Chinese companies circumvent U.S. export restrictions by purchasing Nvidia chips for its data centers across Southeast Asia before routing them to China.
The company's former director, Alice Huang, has also come under scrutiny after U.S. media identified her as an alleged Chinese intelligence asset and reported that she had a relationship with Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang. The two share the same surname but are not related.
The allegations, first reported by The New York Times, center on claims that China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) recruited Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, to gather information on Nvidia and U.S. export policies.
According to the reports, she allegedly used her relationship with Jensen Huang to obtain information about the company's business and Washington's restrictions on advanced AI chip exports to China. The alleged intelligence operation also sought to influence Nvidia's position on export controls limiting China's access to advanced semiconductors.
At a Foreign Ministry briefing, spokesperson Guo Jiakun was asked about reports that a woman involved in an affair with Jensen Huang was allegedly working for Chinese intelligence. He dismissed the claims, saying, "The so-called Chinese spy allegation is unsubstantiated. It is nothing but smears against China."
Jensen Huang acknowledged an extramarital affair in a Nov. 8 letter to Nvidia employees but did not identify the woman involved. He resigned as the company's chief executive on Thursday.
Nvidia's board has pledged to investigate the matter, while three U.S. congressional committee chairs have asked Huang to attend a closed-door briefing on Nov. 18.
Megaspeed has rejected allegations of wrongdoing, insisting that it conducts legitimate and lawful business.
The company also pushed back against media reports, describing them as containing claims about its business, supply chain and international operations that lack verifiable evidence.
It has retained external legal counsel to conduct a thorough internal investigation into its compliance with U.S. export control regulations, which restrict the transfer of certain advanced semiconductor chips to China.
Singaporean authorities have separately reported that servers containing advanced artificial intelligence chips were being exported to Malaysia, with suspicions that they were subsequently delivered to other destinations, contrary to declarations made in the city-state.
Investigations into Megaspeed remain ongoing, Singapore police have confirmed.
Authorities also barred Alice Huang from re-entering Singapore in February after determining that she had provided inaccurate information during an investigation into the company.
However, Huang was not investigated for espionage, authorities said.
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