Company: GDHLF
Filing Date: 2025-05-29
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001104659-25-053912
Chunk: 13

Company: GDS Holdings Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-05-29
Form: 424B5
Chunk 13
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 to the period commencing when part of the area committed under a particular customer agreement becomes area utilized and ending when all of the area committed under such customer agreement becomes area utilized in accordance with the terms of such customer agreement remaining in effect;

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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“Mr. Huang” are to Mr. William Wei Huang, the founder, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer of our company and a Controlling Shareholder;

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“Nasdaq” are to the Nasdaq Global Market;

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“NDRC” are to the National Development and Reform Commission;

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“Negative List (2024)” are to the Special Management Measures (Negative List) for the Access of Foreign Investment, most recently jointly promulgated by the MOFCOM and the NDRC on September 6, 2024 and which became effective on November 1, 2024, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time;

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“net floor area” are to the total internal area of the computer rooms within each data center where customers can house, power and cool their computer systems and networking equipment;

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“ordinary shares” are to, collectively, our Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.00005 per share;

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“PBOC” are to the People’s Bank of China;

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“PCAOB” are to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board;

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“PRC government” or “State” are to the central government of the PRC, including all political subdivisions (including provincial, municipal and other regional or local government entities) and its organs or, as the context requires, any of them;

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“pre-commitment rate” are to the ratio of area pre-committed to area under construction;

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“Principal Share Registrar” are to Conyers Trust Company (Cayman) Limited;

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“PUE” are to power usage effectiveness;

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“PUE ratio” are to power usage effectiveness ratio, a metric used to determine the energy efficiency of a data center; it is determined by dividing the total amount of power consumed by the data center by the total amount of power consumed directly by customers to operate their IT systems housed in the data center;

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“ready for service” are to data centers (or phases of data centers) which have passed commissioning and testing, obtained government approvals for operation, are fully supplied with power, and contain one or more computer rooms fully equipped and fitted out ready for utilization