# Punching above their weight: how China’s AI giants stretch each dollar in the compute race

https://mins.news/en/item/47320

- South China Morning Post, 2026-09-06 13:00 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3366407/punching-above-their-weight-how-chinas-ai-giants-stretch-each-dollar-compute-race?utm_source=rss_feed

> A new Moody’s Ratings report says the huge AI-spending gap between US and Chinese tech giants may not give American firms the expected edge. Lower domestic costs and strong state support help Chinese companies secure much more computing power per dollar, while the real capacity gap remains far narrower than the spending gap between US hyperscalers and their Chinese counterparts.

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