Map / Data centers and cloud
Tencent 0700.HK
China's second big cloud and AI spender; funds its AI build-out from operating cash and rising borrowing, and invests in Chinese labs DeepSeek and Moonshot.
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Supplies
- DeepSeek: About RMB 10B into DeepSeek's first round (reported by Reuters from sources as 'considering'; later press reports it as done). Equity investment, $1.5B. Reuters via MarketScreener, 2026-06-03
AI money
Q2 2026 (April-June), reported 2026-08-12. Yuan converted at 6.7851 per dollar (Federal Reserve H.10, 2026-06-30, the rate Alibaba and Baidu use).
Where the money comes from
| What | Amount | Period | Detail and source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from its own business | $7.8B | Q2 2026 | Cash from operations RMB 52.7B. Tencent, 2026-08-12 |
| Bank loans from banks-bond-market | $9.6B | H1 2026 (Dec 31, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026) | Borrowings and notes payable rose from about RMB 387.7B to RMB 453.0B (+RMB 65.3B). Breakdown between loans and bonds not given in the release. Tencent, 2026-08-12 |
Where it goes
| What | Amount | Period | Detail and source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data centers and equipment | $7.8B | Q2 2026 | Capex RMB 52.8B, up 176% year on year. Free cash flow was negative RMB 13.8B; excluding prepayments for compute purchases it would have been RMB 37.6B, so roughly RMB 51B went to compute prepayments. Tencent, 2026-08-12 |
| Buybacks and dividends | $2.2B | Q2 2026 | Bought back about 37.4M shares for about HK$16.9B (converted at about 7.83 HK$ per US$; approximate). Tencent, 2026-08-12 |
| Investing in AI companies to DeepSeek | $1.5B | June 2026 | About RMB 10B in DeepSeek's first round (Reuters, sources; Tencent declined to comment). Also reported among the largest backers of the second round (amount not given). Also an existing Moonshot investor. Reuters via MarketScreener, 2026-06-03 |
Money flows with other companies
| Money from | Money to | Type | Amount | What, and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tencent | DeepSeek | Equity investment | $1.5B | About RMB 10B into DeepSeek's first round (reported by Reuters from sources as 'considering'; later press reports it as done). one-time Reuters via MarketScreener, 2026-06-03 |
Amounts in US dollars. "Up to" amounts are maximums or depend on conditions. See Does it add up? for the full picture.
Data as of 2026-10-30. Cite as: Ye, Mike. "Tencent" (tencent). AI Lattice, dataset v0.3.0. https://ailattice.ai/e/tencent/. How to cite.