The Jensen Huang scandal is casting a shadow over data centers halfway across the world

Jensen Huang has resigned from Nvidia after allegations of an affair with a Singapore-based Chinese spy. Megaspeed, the company at the center of the scandal, has been accused of funneling Nvidia chips to China. The scandal could increase scrutiny and costs for AI infrastructure operators in Southeast Asia. Jensen-Gate isn't just Nvidia's problem anymore. Data center operators across Southeast Asia might be getting caught in the fallout. In case you missed it, former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has had a rough week. On Sunday, The New York Times published an exposé that the executive had an affair with Singapore-based Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang, believed to be passing sensitive Nvidia information to Beijing. Alice Huang worked at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based data center company that is the largest Nvidia customer in Southeast Asia, per Bloomberg.

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