China's cloud providers raise AI prices as model usage surges

Staff reporter, Taipei

May 6, 2026, 10:01 0

Credit: AFP

Rising demand for generative AI is prompting major Chinese cloud providers to raise prices for large-scale services and data products, with implications for global AI users and developers, as usage-based billing and efficiency become central to costs...

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