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MiniMax triples Alibaba Cloud spend amid surging AI compute demand

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Chinese AI firm MiniMax has significantly increased its cloud computing budget with Alibaba Cloud due to surging demand for model training and inference. The company's spending cap for Alibaba Cloud services this year has nearly tripled to US$300 million, with two-thirds of the original budget already consumed by June. Additionally, MiniMax has substantially raised its API service budget with Alibaba, reflecting its rapid growth and expanding compute requirements. AI

IMPACT Indicates rapid scaling and increasing compute demands for AI model development and deployment.

RANK_REASON Significant expansion of cloud computing pact by a major AI firm, reflecting substantial growth and compute needs. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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MiniMax triples Alibaba Cloud spend amid surging AI compute demand

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Ann Cao ·

    MiniMax expands Alibaba cloud pact as compute needs surge for training and inference

    Chinese artificial intelligence firm MiniMax has raised the three-year purchase ceiling on its cloud computing deals with Alibaba Group Holding by 220 per cent to US$1.2 billion, underscoring surging demand for computing power among the country’s top AI developers. The Shanghai-b…

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