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How China gets better bang for its buck than America in AI
Its investment lags far behind America’s. Its models do not
TL;DRAI
Nvidia's $500bn data centre deal and Alphabet's $205bn AI capex trigger investor doubts on ROI; valuations slide. China's superior capex efficiency shifts the calculus: U.S. tech must now justify mega-spend on model advancement, not just scale.
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