Nvidia servers with restricted chips reached Shanghai, Bloomberg reports
The 22 servers were originally sold to a Singapore-based company, Bloomberg reported. Their route to China and any role for Alice Huang remain unclear.
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A subsidiary of Shanghai Longteng Intelligent Computing listed the 22 servers among 193 machines installed in Shanghai and used as collateral for financing in January 2025, according to Bloomberg reporting carried by Greek outlet Newmoney. The full batch was valued at 485 million yuan.
Bloomberg reported that Singapore-based Aperia Cloud Services bought the 22 servers from Dell. A person familiar with the transaction confirmed to Bloomberg, using the servers’ serial numbers, that Aperia was Dell’s customer, Newmoney reported.
The servers contained Nvidia H800 chips, whose export to China the United States restricted in 2023 as part of wider controls on advanced AI chips. The report does not establish how the equipment reached China.
Huang founded Shanghai Longteng but transferred her shares in the company in 2017, according to news agency EFE’s account of Bloomberg’s reporting. It is unclear whether she was involved in the server transaction.
Dell said it stopped sales and support to Aperia International in February 2025 because of concerns about unauthorised diversion, according to Bloomberg HT. The outlet reported that Aperia denied allegations of wrongdoing and declined to comment on questions about the equipment.
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