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MiniMax boosts Alibaba Cloud spending to $1.2B amid AI compute surge

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Chinese AI company MiniMax has significantly increased its cloud computing budget with Alibaba Cloud, raising its spending ceiling by 220% to $1.2 billion USD. The firm has already used two-thirds of its initial budget by June due to surging demand for AI training and inference. MiniMax now plans to spend $300 million USD this year, nearly tripling its original $115 million USD cap. AI

IMPACT Indicates intense demand for AI compute resources, potentially driving up cloud costs and infrastructure investment.

RANK_REASON Significant increase in cloud spending by a major AI firm. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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MiniMax boosts Alibaba Cloud spending to $1.2B amid AI compute surge

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Chinese AI firm MiniMax has raised its Alibaba Cloud spending ceiling by 220 per cent to 1.2B USD, after burning through two-thirds of its budget by June. The S

    Chinese AI firm MiniMax has raised its Alibaba Cloud spending ceiling by 220 per cent to 1.2B USD, after burning through two-thirds of its budget by June. The Shanghai-based company now plans to spend 300M USD this year, nearly triple its original 115M USD cap, as demand for comp…

    LINKS scmp.com/…/minimax-expands-alibaba-cloud-…

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