ByteDance boosts AI infrastructure spending by 25%
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 9
ByteDance boosts AI infrastructure spending by 25%
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 9
The TikTok owner plans to spend 200 billion yuan ($29.4 billion) this year, up from a 160 billion yuan budget set late last year.
The increase comes as memory chip costs rise and ByteDance expands its artificial intelligence push, with a larger share of spending now planned for domestic AI chips.
The move signals heavier investment in China-based AI supply chains as the company scales computing capacity for its growing AI ambitions.
Can Chinese-made chips power ByteDance's AI ambitions to rival its US counterparts?
With profits plummeting, is ByteDance's massive AI spending a winning bet or a fast track to financial ruin?