29 October 2026
US probes Megaspeed executive Alice Huang over possible Chinese intelligence ties
First reported
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- Alice Huang, also called Huang Le, was listed as managing director of Megaspeed, a Singapore firm that builds data centers for Nvidia cloud customers.
- The probe began when US Commerce Department officials found Nvidia chips still packed in boxes at Megaspeed's Malaysia data center.
- Megaspeed was accused last year of helping smuggle about $2 billion worth of Nvidia chips to China.
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Reported by Tom's Hardware