Company: GDHLF
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form Type: F-3ASR
Source: 0001104659-25-053030
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Company: GDS Holdings Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form: F-3ASR
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 parameters for network latency. In addition to our presence in Tier 1 markets, we also build, operate and transfer data centers at other locations selected by our customers in order to house their offline and less critical data and applications in lower cost areas where, at times, renewable energy sources are also accessible.

In recent years, we have seen strong growth in demand for high-performance data center services internationally. We believe that a significant part of this demand originates from the top tier of China and

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global technology companies, with many of which we have existing customer relationships. In order to better serve our customers’ requirements, we established DayOne in 2022, with its corporate headquarters in Singapore and its own dedicated management. In order to optimize performance, DayOne has transitioned within a short period of time to become independent of GDS with a strong and diversified shareholder base consisting of leading global investors. Following the closing of DayOne’s Series B equity financing on December 31, 2024, we owned approximately 35.6% of the equity interest of DayOne in the form of ordinary shares on an as-converted basis, and therefore no longer consolidate DayOne for accounting purposes.

From its inception, DayOne focused on creating a new global data center hub known as SIJORI, which integrates Singapore, Johor in Malaysia, and the Riau Islands in Indonesia. Building on its success in SIJORI, DayOne is entering the Tokyo and Greater Bangkok markets with new developments. DayOne also has a presence in Hong Kong. As of December 31, 2024, DayOne had total power committed of 469 MW, power capacity in service of 132 MW, power capacity under construction of 369 MW, and power utilized of 123 MW.

From our inception, we have built up our own in-house data center design capability, which we believe is unparalleled in the industry. We were one of the first movers in developing high-performance data centers in mainland China, anticipating the trend for IT to become increasingly mission-critical, and then in combining high availability with larger net floor area and power capacity to meet the unprecedented requirements of hyperscale cloud service providers and large internet companies. Our data centers are largescale, highly reliable and highly efficient facilities that provide a flexible, modular and secure operating environment in which our customers can house, power and cool the computer systems and networking equipment that support their mission-critical IT. We install high power density (which refers to