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In accounting, AI infrastructure investments such as data centers and GPU clusters are capital expenditure (CapEx) and are amortized as depreciation over future years, whereas employee salaries are current operating expenses (OpEx).
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UnverifiedIn the context of tech giants, capital expenditure (CapEx) mainly refers to spending on data center construction, GPU/in-house chip procurement, and power and network infrastructure.73% similarUnverifiedCapital expenditure (CapEx) refers to the one-time large investment a company makes to acquire or upgrade long-term assets (such as data centers, servers, and chips), usually amortized over depreciation periods in financial statements; operating expenditure (OpEx) refers to the ongoing costs of maintaining daily operations.72% similarUnverifiedIn asset-heavy industries, companies first invest huge sums to build infrastructure (such as data centers and GPU purchases), then recoup costs through subsequent services.67% similarUnverified数据中心基础设施的投资回报周期通常为5至10年62% similarUnverifiedData centers are typically heavy-asset investments with a decades-long cycle.61% similar
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