Jensen Huang’s departure from Nvidia has drawn a spread of responses throughout Asia, with some governments transferring to verify chip provide commitments, whereas others are monitoring the impression on native tasks or addressing ongoing investigations.

On Sunday, November 8, Nvidia’s board launched an unbiased investigation after reviews that Huang was focused by a Chinese language spy operation; Huang admitted to an affair with Alice Huang, a former government at Singapore-based chip firm Megaspeed.

Nvidia’s affect extends far past america. The chip large has constructed shut ties with corporations worldwide, significantly in Asia, the place lots of its key companions play vital roles within the world AI business.

China

China’s international ministry rejected allegations on November 10 {that a} Chinese language businesswoman linked to former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was a spy, calling them groundless and a smear in opposition to Beijing. On Friday, a spokesperson reiterated opposition to export controls that disrupt world provide chains and acknowledged the ministry was not conscious of reviews linking restricted Nvidia chips to a Shanghai knowledge middle related to Alice Huang.

Huang’s exit has additionally raised uncertainty over greater than $3 billion in Chinese language AI computing tasks reliant on Nvidia’s restricted processors, in line with Reuters. Many of those chips are topic to U.S. export controls, making them tough for Chinese language corporations to acquire.

Singapore

In Singapore, authorities seized the passport of Alice Huang, former CEO of Singapore-based cloud computing firm Megaspeed, in June 2025 as a part of an investigation into doable false declarations relating to server purchases, in line with the Ministry of House Affairs.

The Singapore ministry mentioned police took her passport to make sure she remained accessible for questioning, as she was not based mostly in Singapore. The investigation examined whether or not servers shipped from Singapore to Malaysia have been later despatched to different nations with out correct declaration.

In February 2026, police discovered inadequate proof to determine that Alice Huang had dedicated offenses associated to the suspected false declarations, in line with the ministry. Nevertheless, authorities mentioned she had knowingly supplied inaccurate details about her position at Megaspeed. She was issued a warning and barred from re-entering Singapore. Her passport was returned that month. Singapore additionally mentioned it acquired restricted help from U.S. authorities regardless of repeated requests for details about U.S. server maker Supermicro. Singapore’s Ministry of House Affairs mentioned its investigation into Megaspeed and 6 different people stays ongoing.  The ministry did not establish the six people or specify their alleged roles within the case.

South Korea

South Korea has shut ties to Nvidia, with main chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix enjoying vital roles in supplying reminiscence chips utilized in its AI processors. Following Huang’s exit, South Korea’s Science Ministry mentioned Nvidia had reaffirmed its plan to provide 260,000 superior GPUs to the nation and to proceed joint AI tasks.  Other than that, South Korea’s authorities AI technique council held an emergency assembly on Friday to evaluate the potential impression of Huang’s departure on the nation’s AI business, per an area media report.

Taiwan

Taiwan’s Economic system Minister Kung Ming-shin mentioned Huang’s departure was unlikely to considerably change the expansion of the worldwide AI business, in line with native media. In the meantime, Taipei’s metropolis authorities mentioned Nvidia’s deliberate abroad headquarters within the metropolis remained on observe regardless of the management change. The corporate has met its contractual obligations to date, and officers mentioned they might proceed to assist the venture.

Japan

In Japan, the Business Ministry mentioned the federal government would carefully monitor Nvidia following Huang’s resignation, describing the chipmaker as an vital participant in Japan’s AI semiconductor business, Reuters reported. Deputy chief cupboard secretary Masanao Ozaki mentioned it was too early to evaluate the impression on the worldwide AI business, whereas stressing Japan’s dedication to making sure a secure provide of semiconductors.