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中文(ZH) 中信证券:AI投资回报闭环已现,坚定看好光通信板块

CITIC Securities sees AI ROI forming, favors optical communications

CITIC Securities has observed a positive return on investment for AI initiatives, particularly noting the rapid growth in capital expenditure by major cloud providers like Google and Amazon. Amazon's AWS has exceeded expectations, with CEO Andy Jassy indicating a payback period of under three years for server and network equipment investments, suggesting a healthy AI investment cycle. This trend is expected to drive further expansion of AI clusters, benefiting the optical communications sector due to increased GPU allocation, higher port speeds, and a shift from copper to optical interconnects. AI

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CITIC Securities sees AI ROI forming, favors optical communications

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    CITIC Securities: The AI investment return closed loop has appeared, and we are optimistic about the optical communication sector

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