- Bloomberg documents show Shanghai Longteng Intelligent Computing, a company Alice Huang founded a decade ago, put smuggled Nvidia chips into service at a Shanghai data center.
- The hardware traces back to Aperia Cloud Services, an official Nvidia Cloud Partner in Singapore, which bought 22 Dell servers loaded with export-banned Nvidia H800 chips.
- Aperia’s order also included 52 Super Micro servers carrying Nvidia H100 or H200 chips, which require explicit US government approval before sale to Chinese buyers.
- Megaspeed, the Huang-founded firm already under US investigation for chip smuggling, used a rendering of the same data center in a 2024 investor presentation.
What Happened
Bloomberg reviewed documents showing that Shanghai Longteng Intelligent Computing, a company Alice Huang founded a decade ago, put smuggled Nvidia chips into operation at a sprawling Shanghai data center. Bloomberg reported the findings on November 13, 2026.
Why It Matters
The disclosure adds a concrete hardware trail to the scandal that forced Jensen Huang’s resignation as Nvidia CEO over his reported relationship with Alice Huang, and follows a US intelligence memo alleging China recruited a Megaspeed executive to spy on him.
Technical Details
Bloomberg traced the hardware to Aperia Cloud Services, an official Nvidia Cloud Partner based in Singapore, which purchased 22 Dell servers containing Nvidia H800 chips, a model banned for sale in China. Aperia’s order also included 52 Super Micro Computer servers equipped with Nvidia H100 or H200 chips, which require explicit US government licensing before any sale to Chinese entities. Instead of remaining in Singapore, the servers ended up installed at the Shanghai facility.
Who’s Affected
Megaspeed, the company Alice Huang founded in 2023 and which is already under US investigation for allegedly smuggling Nvidia GPUs into China, used a rendering of the same Shanghai data center in a 2024 investor presentation. Megaspeed has denied the smuggling allegations, and Nvidia has not commented on the specific hardware trail Bloomberg documented.
What’s Next
The hardware trail gives investigators a more specific paper trail to follow as the broader chip-smuggling probe continues, and it adds pressure on Nvidia just as lawmakers weigh new chip-tracking requirements in pending legislation.
