Tencent says it has enough GPUs to train AI models for years

Chinese web giant Tencent says it has enough high-end GPUs to train new AI models for years, in part because it’s found more efficient ways to do so.

Speaking on the company’s Q1 2025 earnings call, company president Martin Lau said Tencent has “a pretty strong stockpile of chips that we acquired previously”.

The company will use some “for the applications that will generate immediate returns for us” – mostly advertising and content recommendation.

We have enough high-end…