Company: GDHLF
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000935
Chunk: 158

Company: GDS Holdings Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 158
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 service and under construction has an average power density of approximately 2.2 kW/sqm, in which the portion under construction h...  

  High Power Efficiency. Our self-developed data centers are designed to achieve high power efficiency, which is expressed conversely by a low PUE ratio. In 2024, our self-developed data centers,...  
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In addition to the high-performance features described above, our data centers provide flexible fit-out, sufficient floor load bearing strength and clear slab-to-slab height to support dense deployment of IT hardware, multiple layers of physical security, early fire detection monitoring and fire suppression systems, diverse connectivity, and other amenities.

We believe that this combination of high availability, high power density, high power efficiency and other features enables us to serve the most sophisticated and demanding users of data center services who seek cost efficient solutions for their requirements, without compromise on performance across multiple operating parameters.

Stage of Development.

We categorize our data centers, and the corresponding net floor area, according to the following stages of development:

  In Service. Data centers are categorized as in service once the construction of the building is complete, critical systems have been installed, the facility has passed rigorous integrated syste...  
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  Under Construction. Data centers are categorized as under construction once we have secured control of the site, obtained the necessary construction and other permits, established the design, a...  

  Held for Future Development. Area held for future development consists of the estimated data center net floor area that we have secured for potential future development by different means, incl...  
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Data Center Tenure

We hold our self-developed data center buildings either through direct ownership or lease. In mainland China, land cannot be owned outright, but is secured through land use rights. For data center buildings which we own, we have the right to use the underlying land for up to 50 years, which is the longest permissible period, plus ownership of the buildings and other fixed assets comprising the data center. For data centers that we lease in mainland China, we enter into long-term leases with the owners