Tencent Posts Higher Capex as Executives Back Superior AI Returns
Tencent reported a surge in second-quarter spending, with capital expenditures rising 65% to 52.8 billion yuan as it buys and builds computing infrastructure to monetize AI models. Executives said next-generation Hy4 is being developed to outperform larger models. Revenue reached 204.78 billion yuan and net profit was 56 billion, while international game revenue fell 0.8% year-on-year on currency effects.