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Tencent says it could make instant profits on $53B hardware splurge by renting it for AI workloads

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Tencent says it could make instant profits on $53B hardware splurge by renting it for AI workloads
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Chinese tech giant Tencent has turned its back on instant profits, betting that a new business unit that creates its own AI and embeds that in its products will pay off to a greater extent than cashing in on demand for computing resources. During the company’s Q2 earnings call yesterday, Bernstein analyst Robin Zhu asked when Tencent expects to see a return on investment from the $53 billion capital expenditure it made in the quarter. Chief Strategy Officer James Mitchell said demand for compute

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