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Date : Wed Sep 17 2025 20:45:08

Nvidia and a Huawei subsidiary shared a building - and now it's being probed 
for Chinese espionage

Date:
Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:35:00 +0000

Description:
Futurewei held the same space as Nvidia for years despite Huawei being 
flagged as a threat to national security.

FULL STORY
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s claim Futurewei, a US-based R&D firm, is actually a Huawei subsidiary and 
shared office space with Nvidia for over a decade They argue this co-location 
gave Futurewei access to sensitive US semiconductor and AI technologies, and 
cite past incidents of deceptive behavior Officials are demanding documents 
on Futureweis ties to Huawei and its office location choices, while Nvidia 
insists its operations remain isolated 

An alleged Huawei subsidiary in the US is at the center of espionage talks 
once again, as news emerged that it shared a building with Nvidia. 

 Bloomberg claims two US lawmakers - Republican Chairman John Moolenaar, and 
Democratic Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi of the House Select Committee 
on China, sent a letter to Futurewei - a research and development company 
focused on advancing information and communications technology (ICT). 

Futurewei was founded in 2001 in Santa Clara, California, and has around 400 
employees. Officially, its a US-based R&D company, but in the letter, the two 
lawmakers said it was actually a subsidiary of Huawei, citing a May 2025 
filing document. Huawei, Futurewei, and blacklists 

They also asked Futurewei to explain why it shared buildings with Nvidia, 
claiming it went on for at least a decade. They also argued that Futurewei 
held the prime lease on three buildings at the site, before Nvidia took over 
in 2024. 

This co-location provided Futurewei unprecedented access to Americas most 
advanced semiconductor and AI capabilities, the letter reads. They also 
stressed that Futureweis employees snuck into a Facebook summit in 2018, 
despite Huawei being banned from it, by having employees register under fake 
US firms. 

The lawmakers are now asking Futurewei to hand over all paperwork related to 
its Huawei ties, as well as to provide documents related to how the company 
ended up picking that exact spot for its offices. 

At the same time, Nvidia told the publication that it essentially doesnt 
matter who is next to it: Even where we have neighbors, we maintain a 
separate Nvidia-only campus. 

Huawei was famously blacklisted in the US during the first Trump presidential 
term. At the time, the US was building out its 5G infrastructure and the 
Trump administration argued that Huawei could be pressured by the Chinese 
government to install backdoors and enable cyber-espionage. Huawei, as well 
as the Chinese government, denied these accusations as utterly baseless. You 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/nvidia-and-a-huawei-subsidiary-shared-a
-building-now-its-being-probed-for-chinese-espionage


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