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Investigations are ongoing in the US, Singapore and Taiwan regarding the potential leak of confidential information about the advanced microchips of American corporation Nvidia to the People's Republic of China. The main suspect in this case is Alice Huang (also known as Huang Le), who previously held a senior position at Singaporean company Megaspeed International.
According to The Wall Street Journal, US officials reached the conclusion as early as last year that Alice Huang may have been passing data to the Chinese government. This occurred against the backdrop of Megaspeed's cooperation with Nvidia on the creation of data centres in Asia. Investigators suspect that Chinese intelligence services may have recruited the woman, using information about her close relationship with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. At the same time, the publication emphasises that there are no family ties between them.
Separate investigations into Alice Huang's links with China were also conducted by Singapore, where Megaspeed is based, and Taiwan. According to sources who spoke to The New York Times, the woman was under external surveillance for a certain period. In late 2024, when authorities began monitoring her, she left for the PRC for a while. It is currently unknown where Huang is and whether she continues to work at Megaspeed.
The Chinese embassy in Washington rejected these accusations, stating that Beijing opposes the spread of the "Chinese spy narrative". They also emphasised that the country's technological development is based on its own innovations.
Nvidia stated that Jensen Huang's communication with Alice Huang was normal for their business relationship. A company representative noted: "We are confident: if the US government believed that any individual posed a threat to American industry, we would have been informed".
Singapore police confirmed that the investigation into Megaspeed is ongoing but declined to disclose details. A representative of the department stated that the country does not enforce the unilateral export restrictions of other states, but it does prosecute companies and individuals who violate Singaporean laws or engage in fraud. The Taiwan representative office in Washington declined to comment on specific intelligence and security matters.
The story involving Alice Huang unfolds against the backdrop of US concerns about the circumvention of export restrictions on advanced microchips. American security experts suspect that companies may build data centres in countries neighbouring China and then provide Chinese clients with remote access to computing power. This would effectively allow them to bypass the ban on direct equipment supply.
In late 2024, the US Department of Commerce began checking whether Megaspeed had been redirecting Nvidia chips to the PRC in violation of export controls. According to sources, this investigation effectively hit a dead end, and the company's activities are now being handled by the Department of Justice.
In late last year, Megaspeed stated that it had passed several government audits, which did not find evidence of illegal chip transfers or other unlawful activity. The company described itself as a bona fide and legitimate business.
Megaspeed purchases Nvidia chips for data centres in Asian countries, including Malaysia, and then sells computing power to technology companies and other clients. The Singaporean company was established in 2023 after the spin-off of the foreign division of one of the Chinese firms.
Alice Huang held a senior position at Megaspeed. In 2024 and 2025, she was seen together with Jensen Huang at public events in Taipei. Nvidia explained that the photos were taken during meetings involving other Asian partners of the company in the cloud technology sector.
Nvidia chips are among the key American technological products, as they power advanced artificial intelligence systems. Jensen Huang is trying to maintain the company's access to the Chinese market while supporting relations with the administration of US President Donald Trump.
After the start of Trump's second presidential term, Huang repeatedly called on him and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to ease restrictions on the supply of American chips to the PRC. The Trump administration cancelled some of the export rules introduced under Joe Biden. This caused dissatisfaction among some US officials concerned about national security risks.
Even under the Biden administration, officials began examining Megaspeed's activities as part of a broader policy of restricting the export of American chips. These measures were criticised by Huang and other representatives of the technology sector, who considered them excessive state interference.
"Our market share (in China) has fallen from 95% to 0%. It is hard for me to imagine that any politician would consider this a successful decision – when the implemented policy leads to America losing one of the largest markets in the world," Huang said last year at an event hosted by investment firm Citadel.
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