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AI喺雲端開始有錢賺,但Big Tech 7,250億美元基建豪賭未算贏

AI唔係一盤數:雲端、企業軟件同廣告已有較清晰盈利訊號;獨立AI基建回報仍未明朗。 Alphabet與Microsoft訊號最強:Google Cloud 2026年首季收入升63%至約200億美元;Microsoft 2025財年增長部分由Azure及Microsoft 365 Commercial cloud帶動 [17][51]。

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問AI係咪終於由「燒錢」變成賺錢生意,最短答案係:有啲位已經開始係,但未係成個行業都過關。公開資料最強嘅訊號,來自雲端、企業軟件同廣告系統;最大未解決問題,係急升嘅基建預算最後能否賺到足夠回報 [17][45][51][56][2][8]

唔好將AI當成一盤數

市場口中嘅AI,其實至少有兩門生意。

第一門係AI疊加喺現有平台之上:雲端服務、Microsoft 365式辦公軟件、企業合約同廣告系統。呢部分變現最清楚,因為客戶、收費渠道同銷售流程一早已經存在 [17][45][56]

第二門係為未來需求預先興建AI基建:GPU、伺服器、數據中心同網絡。呢部分仍然係資本密集型豪賭。Liontrust引用Omdia及Futurum Group估算指,2026年開支入面接近5,000億美元直接同AI基建有關 [2]。Business Insider報道,Amazon、Microsoft、Google同Meta喺首季業績更新後,2026年資本開支計劃最高達7,250億美元 [8]

所以,AI可以喺技術棧某一層開始賺錢,但整場基建軍備賽嘅回本時間表,仍然未有答案。

賺錢訊號最清楚:雲端同既有平台

Microsoft未有提供一份乾淨獨立嘅AI損益表,但訊號藏喺雲端同生產力業務入面。公司2025財年收入增加366億美元,升15%;Intelligent Cloud收入增長由Azure帶動,Productivity and Business Processes收入增長由Microsoft 365 Commercial cloud帶動 [17]。同年Microsoft毛利額增加229億美元,升13%;不過收入成本亦增加137億美元,升19%,主要受Microsoft Cloud增長推動 [17]

Alphabet嘅訊號更加直接。喺2025年第四季投資者電話會議上,Alphabet表示全年收入首次超過4,000億美元,Google Cloud收入增長48%,年化收入規模超過700億美元;Cloud backlog,即已簽但未交付嘅合約積壓,按季增加55%至2,400億美元,主要由AI產品需求帶動 [56]。到2026年首季,Alphabet總收入升22%至1,099億美元,Google Cloud收入升63%至約200億美元 [51]。MarketBeat嘅2026年首季總結亦指,Google Cloud經營溢利增至三倍,經營利潤率達32.9% [49]

Meta走嘅係另一條路:佢唔係主要賣雲端容量,而係用AI強化原本已經好賺錢嘅廣告引擎。Business Insider報道,Meta廣告收入仍然係核心動力,而AI正改善廣告定位;同時,Meta預期2026年資本開支最高達1,350億美元,包括AI基建 [45]。Meta自己公布嘅2025年業績顯示,全年資本開支連同融資租賃本金付款為722.2億美元,並指未來費用增長主要會由基建成本帶動,包括第三方雲端支出、折舊同基建營運開支 [38]

共同點好清楚:AI最快變現嘅地方,通常係令一盤本身已有規模、有客戶、有收費模式嘅生意變得更強。

點解呢啲仍然唔等於AI全面盈利

而家最清楚嘅業績證據,仍然係經由雲端、軟件同廣告分部反映出來,而唔係一個獨立AI分部。Microsoft披露嘅係Azure、Microsoft 365 Commercial cloud同Microsoft Cloud成本變化,唔係單獨AI P&L [17]。Alphabet披露嘅係AI需求帶動Cloud增長同backlog,但呢啲數字唔足以證明每一個模型、每一項功能,或者每一個推理工作負載,即模型每次回應背後嘅運算,都可以獨立賺錢 [56]

呢個分別對投資者同企業經營者都重要。收入增長可以係真,基建回報未算落袋亦可以同時係真。今日算力供應緊張,不代表新數據中心、GPU同網絡容量落地之後,全部都可以用理想價格租出去。

真正大考:市場吸唔吸得晒

資本開支爆升之後,問題已經唔止係Big Tech有冇錢燒,而係客戶能否用有利可圖嘅價格,吸收足夠多AI算力。有一篇近期分析將核心限制概括為「吸收力」:大型平台暫時有能力出錢興建,但企業需求必須可以有利可圖地消化新算力 [1]

如果需求一直跑贏供應,基建擴張就可以支撐雲端收入增長,亦有助backlog轉成收入。相反,如果新容量到位得太快,而付費工作負載未追上,同一批資產就會變成折舊同營運成本壓力。Microsoft已經披露由雲端增長帶動嘅收入成本上升 [17];Meta亦表示,基建成本將推動大部分未來費用增長 [38]

所以,AI相關收入越來越有證據,投資者仍然擔心,兩件事並不矛盾。分子大咗,但分母——資本開支同未來折舊——同樣大得更快。

接下來要睇乜

  • 雲端增長對比資本開支增長。 Google Cloud喺2026年首季收入升63%至約200億美元,但Big Tech嘅2026年資本開支計劃仍然繼續被上調 [51][8]
  • 睇利潤率,唔好只睇營業額。 MarketBeat指Google Cloud經營利潤率達32.9%;Microsoft則喺毛利額增加之餘,披露與雲端相關嘅收入成本上升 [49][17]
  • Backlog能否轉成現金收入。 Alphabet 2025年第四季Cloud backlog按季增55%至2,400億美元;下一步要睇有幾多可以轉成有利可圖嘅收入 [56]
  • 基建成本壓力。 Meta同Microsoft都提到基建或雲端成本上升,包括折舊、營運開支同雲端收入成本 [38][17]
  • 資本開支指引。 Liontrust指Alphabet 2026年資本開支指引已上修至1,800億美元;Business Insider報道,Amazon、Microsoft、Google同Meta 2026年合計資本開支計劃已走向7,250億美元 [2][8]

底線

AI唔再只係一個純燒錢故事。喺懂得變現算力、軟件同廣告嘅既有平台入面,AI已經開始顯示商業價值。Microsoft同Alphabet提供最清楚嘅公開證據,因為AI需求正反映喺Azure、Microsoft 365 Commercial cloud同Google Cloud之中 [17][51][56]。Meta情況唔同,但邏輯相似:AI可以改善廣告表現,同時公司亦要承受大得多嘅基建帳單 [38][45]

不過,成個行業嘅裁決仍然未出。Big Tech可以證明AI相關收入有動能,但仍未證明2026年龐大基建擴張,包括一項估算中接近5,000億美元直接投向AI基建嘅開支,可以喺整個周期內賺到吸引回報 [2][8]

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  • AI唔係一盤數:雲端、企業軟件同廣告已有較清晰盈利訊號;獨立AI基建回報仍未明朗。
  • Alphabet與Microsoft訊號最強:Google Cloud 2026年首季收入升63%至約200億美元;Microsoft 2025財年增長部分由Azure及Microsoft 365 Commercial cloud帶動 [17][51]。
  • 支出仍越滾越大:報道指Amazon、Microsoft、Google同Meta 2026年資本開支計劃最高達7,250億美元 [8]。

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AI唔係一盤數:雲端、企業軟件同廣告已有較清晰盈利訊號;獨立AI基建回報仍未明朗。

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AI唔係一盤數:雲端、企業軟件同廣告已有較清晰盈利訊號;獨立AI基建回報仍未明朗。 Alphabet與Microsoft訊號最強:Google Cloud 2026年首季收入升63%至約200億美元;Microsoft 2025財年增長部分由Azure及Microsoft 365 Commercial cloud帶動 [17][51]。

接下來在實務上我該做什麼?

支出仍越滾越大:報道指Amazon、Microsoft、Google同Meta 2026年資本開支計劃最高達7,250億美元 [8]。

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