NVIDIA's Shanghai base embargoes semiconductors, company whose former CEO is suspected of having an affair is investigated by various countries - NVIDIA

[Beijing Current Affairs] Authorities in the United States and Southeast Asia are investigating companies affiliated with Alice Huang, a Chinese businessman with whom Huang, the former CEO of US semiconductor giant Nvidia, was allegedly having an affair. It is also reported that semiconductors, which are subject to US export restrictions to China, have flown to the company's Shanghai base, and the focus is on clarifying the procurement route.

Bloomberg reported on the 13th that a subsidiary of a Shanghai-based artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure company founded by Alice had Nvidia semiconductors subject to the trade embargo in its Shanghai data center as of 2025. The semiconductors were installed in servers made by U.S. Dell Technologies and U.S. Supermicro Computer, and some of the semiconductors were reportedly sent to the company's Shanghai base via a cloud service provider in Singapore.

US federal prosecutors are also investigating whether companies affiliated with Alice were involved in the smuggling of Super Micro products to China. However, he sold his stake in an AI infrastructure company in 2017, and his involvement has not been confirmed.

According to CNN, in 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Commerce began investigating MegaSpeed, a Singapore data center company where Aris was an executive. Singapore police and customs authorities have also been investigating the case since 2025. Malaysia's Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry explained on the 13th of this month that it is currently checking whether the AI ​​semiconductors imported by the company's local subsidiary are illegal.