Bank of America Merrill Lynch's latest monthly monitoring report on China's AI models indicates that in August, China's AI industry saw rapid model upgrades, tightening hashrate demand, and a significant surge in cloud capital expenditure. The report projects that the combined capital expenditure of China's top four cloud platforms will increase by 98% and 44% year-on-year in 2026 and 2027, respectively, exceeding RMB 1 trillion in 2027. Over the past 30 days, market consensus estimates for Tencent's and Alibaba's capital expenditure over the next 12 months have been raised by 25% and 29%, respectively.