Nvidia spy-plot report revives scrutiny of offshore data centers serving China

An October 29, 2026, New York Times investigation has put Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang under an uncomfortable spotlight. Citing U.S. intelligence findings , it says Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based cloud provider Megaspeed, was identified as a Chinese intelligence asset and had become close to him. It also revives scrutiny of offshore clouds serving China. No public evidence implicates Jensen Huang in espionage. From chip-diversion suspicions to an alleged asset As reported by the Times, Alice Huang, better known as Huang Le, was first brought to the attention of the US authorities due to suspicion that she was facilitating the transfer of prohibited AI chips to China. Further gathering of evidence turned out to be very suspicious and revealed that she was sharing intelligence with China, too.

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