Singapore-based cloud computing provider MegaSpeed has drawn international scrutiny after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed an extramarital affair linked to company executive Alice Huang, prompting an independent board investigation into national security concerns raised by U.S. officials.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang acknowledged his infidelity after reports connected him to Alice Huang, an executive at MegaSpeed and a woman U.S. intelligence officials identify as a Chinese intelligence asset, according to The New York Times.
While the chief executive of the AI chip giant did not name MegaSpeed or Alice Huang directly in his statement, he confirmed that Nvidia’s Board of Directors has launched an independent inquiry into the national security questions raised by recent media coverage.
“I support the investigation and will cooperate fully,” Jensen Huang said in an email to staff. “I love our country and our company. I am committed to protecting NVIDIA and supporting America’s national security. I am proud and grateful to be an American.” Nvidia stated that it had no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised, though its board inquiry will examine all available information.
MegaSpeed provides specialized cloud computing services to Asia-Pacific clients, renting access to advanced Nvidia GPUs hosted in Southeast Asian data centers. The arrangement allows firms to handle heavy artificial intelligence operations without purchasing hardware outright. The firm has previously faced scrutiny from U.S. authorities over whether its chips had been illicitly redirected to China, which remains subject to strict American export controls on advanced semiconductors.
A Bloomberg report from December 2025 indicated that the U.S. government was probing MegaSpeed’s ownership and potential chip smuggling routes. In response, MegaSpeed published a statement on its website calling the report misleading, noting that inspections by the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, Malaysian trade officials, and Nvidia found no evidence of illegal transfers.
On November 5, the House Select Committee on China issued a statement labeling Alice Huang a publicly reported Chinese intelligence asset. Committee leaders subsequently requested Jensen Huang’s attendance at a November 18 briefing to establish the extent to which U.S. technology and sensitive information faced security risks.
According to The New York Times, Alice Huang is a Chinese citizen with fluent English skills and extensive connections among senior chip executives.
A policy memo distributed within the Trump administration last spring alleged that a businesswoman close to Jensen Huang passed information regarding U.S. AI chips to Beijing’s primary spy agency while seeking policy influence. Bloomberg reported that she also goes by Huang Le and helped establish MegaSpeed.
