Baidu says the quiet part out loud – you can’t build AI infrastructure, so clouds can cash in

Based solely on the provided text, Baidu's CFO stated that GPU rentals are "structurally higher margin than CPU cloud." The article's headline summarizes this by asserting that Baidu has openly acknowledged that most companies cannot build their own AI infrastructure, allowing cloud providers to profit from this demand.

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