谷歌云2026年第二季度营收同比增长82%,达到248亿美元,超出市场预期的223亿美元。仅这一数字就足以成为任何财报的头条新闻。但更重要的信号在于它所趋同的方向:谷歌云目前的增长率已与英伟达如出一辙。
谷歌本季度确实开始销售硬件。首席财务官阿纳特·阿什肯纳齐告诉投资者,谷歌“开始确认TPU系统销售的收入,这是我们首次在第二季度将TPU系统交付到客户数据中心。”但她明确表示,这笔收入规模很小:即便剔除TPU系统销售的影响,云业务增长“依然显著加速”,而TPU收入的大头要到2027年才会落地。这种趋同另有源头。谷歌云按小时出租AI算力,英伟达则直接出售芯片,而两条收入线都源自同一个需求——训练和运行AI模型。
图表展示了这种趋同。谷歌云与英伟达的数据中心业务如今沿着同一条曲线演进,一条靠租赁收入向上弯曲,另一条靠整机销售,英伟达在规模上领先。
管道数据也指向同一方向。谷歌云的积压订单达到5140亿美元,较一年前的1060亿美元增长385%,单季度增加超过500亿美元,其中略过半数的订单将在24个月内转化为收入。与其他超大规模云厂商相比,四大云服务商目前合计持有超过2万亿美元的合同需求。
此外,谷歌还享有规模经济效应。云业务营业收入达到88亿美元,同比增长超过两倍,营业利润率从一年前的20.7%扩大至35.6%。
与AWS相比,利润率差距正在迅速收窄。
| 业务板块 | 营业收入 | 营收 | 营业利润率 | 利润率同比变动 |
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| AWS | 142亿美元 | 376亿美元 | 37.7% | -1.8个百分点 |
| 谷歌云 | 88亿美元 | 248亿美元 | 35.6% | +14.9个百分点 |
时间节点有所不同:AWS尚未公布2026年第二季度财报,因此其数据为2026年第一季度,而谷歌云的数据为2026年第二季度。AWS在绝对金额上仍然更大,但其利润率同比下滑了近两个百分点,而谷歌云的利润率则扩大了近十五个百分点,将一年前还高达19个百分点的差距收窄至仅剩两个百分点。
资本投入的回报率十分明确,因此预计还会有更多资本支出。谷歌将2026年全年资本支出指引上调至1950亿至2050亿美元,高于此前的1800亿至1900亿美元,并表示预计2027年资本支出“将显著增长”。综合亚马逊、微软、Meta和甲骨文来看,整个行业的AI基础设施支出明年将远超1万亿美元。
我们从未见过规模化企业能增长得如此之快、盈利如此之高。
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Alphabet 2026年第二季度财报电话会议,2026年7月22日。所有引用数据及言论均来自该会议。相关框架首先由 SemiAnalysis(@SemiAnalysis_)提出。↩︎
Google Cloud grew 82% year-over-year to $24.8b in Q2 2026, beating the $22.3b consensus. The number alone would headline any earnings report. The more important signal is what it converges toward: Google Cloud’s growth rate now mirrors NVIDIA’s.
Google did start selling hardware this quarter. CFO Anat Ashkenazi told investors Google “began to recognize revenues from TPU system sales, which we delivered to customer data centers for the first time in Q2.”1 But she was clear the dollars were small: cloud growth “accelerated meaningfully even after excluding the impact of TPU system sales,” with the bulk of TPU revenue landing in 2027. The convergence has a different source. Google Cloud rents AI compute by the hour, NVIDIA sells the chips outright, & both revenue lines are downstream of the same demand to train & run AI models.
The chart shows the convergence. Google Cloud & NVIDIA’s Data Center segment now trace the same curve, one bending up on rental revenue, the other on unit sales, NVIDIA ahead on scale.
The pipeline points the same direction. Google Cloud’s backlog reached $514b, up 385% from $106b a year ago & up more than $50b in a single quarter, with just over half set to convert to revenue within 24 months. Set against the other hyperscalers, the four largest cloud providers now carry more than $2t in contracted demand.
Plus, Google enjoys economies of scale. Cloud operating income was $8.8b, more than tripling year-over-year, & operating margin expanded from 20.7% a year ago to 35.6%.
Set against AWS, the margin gap is closing fast.
| Segment | Operating income | Revenue | Operating margin | Margin change YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | $14.2b | $37.6b | 37.7% | -1.8 pts |
| Google Cloud | $8.8b | $24.8b | 35.6% | +14.9 pts |
The timing differs: AWS has not yet reported calendar Q2 2026, so its figures are Q1 2026, while Google Cloud’s are Q2 2026. AWS remains larger in absolute dollars, but its margin slipped nearly two points year-over-year while Google Cloud’s expanded almost fifteen, narrowing a gap that was 19 points a year ago to barely two.
The ROI on capital investment is clear, so more capex is projected. Google raised full-year 2026 capex guidance to $195b to $205b, up from $180b to $190b, & said it expects capex “to increase significantly in 2027.” Across Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, & Oracle, industry AI infrastructure spend is on a path well beyond $1t next year.
We’ve never seen businesses at scale grow this fast & this profitably.
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Alphabet Q2 2026 earnings call, July 22, 2026. All quoted figures & remarks from the . Framing first flagged by SemiAnalysis (@SemiAnalysis_). ↩︎