National enterprise sales revenue has shown steady growth in the first four months of the year, with industrial sales increasing by 6.6%. Specifically, the manufacturing and mining sectors saw sales revenue rise by 6.9% and 6.4% respectively. This growth is further bolstered by the increasing demand for AI inference, which is positively impacting cloud service providers like Alibaba Cloud as the industry shifts towards a token-consumption-based billing model. AI
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IMPACT AI inference demand is driving a fundamental shift in cloud computing business models towards token-based billing, potentially increasing profitability for providers.
RANK_REASON The article discusses general economic trends and the impact of AI on cloud services, rather than a specific new release or event.