Google Cloud revenue rises 103% as AI data center spending widens cash flow deficitMachine translation

> Google Cloud revenue rose 103% year on year to $30.7B on demand for AI infrastructure, and Cloud’s operating income tripled year on year to $11.1B. > Google’s model APIs now process nearly 32B tokens per minute, more than 4x a year earlier, and the Gemini app reached 1B users. > TPU chip sales contributed meaningfully to Cloud growth, with Oracle now offering TPUs and OpenAI reportedly buying them, though Google expects most TPU revenue only in 2027. > AI data center spending left free cash flow negative by more than $9B, deeper than the previous quarter’s $5.9B deficit, while shared AI research costs rose 71% year on year to $7.7B.