Company: GDHLF
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000935
Chunk: 238

Company: GDS Holdings Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 238
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 commencing any “ Development Actions”, which mea...  
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2. Building Standards Act (kenchiku kizyun ho)

The Building Standards Act (Act No. 201 of 1950) stipulates, among other things, basic rules for constructing buildings, minimum engineering safety requirements, and permitted uses of buildings in each zoning district under the City Planning Act.

Under the Building Standards Act, any person who constructs certain buildings (i. e., a person who orders construction work from a general contractor) must obtain (i) a “ Building Confirmation Certificate” ( kakunin zumi sho) from the relevant local government or a designated confirmation and inspection body (the “ Relevant Authority”) before commencing the initial building construction, extension or reconstruction, and (ii) an “ Inspection Certificate” ( kensa zumi sho) from the Relevant Authority upon completion of the building construction, extension or reconstruction. The Relevant Authority issues Building Confirmation Certificates only if it can confirm that the buildings in question are in compliance with specific mandatory requirements under the substantive building standards.

The Building Standards Act also governs the building coverage and floor area ratios of new buildings based on the twelve zoning districts. The building coverage ratio is the allowable area of land, while the floor area ratio is the building’s total size in relation to the land size. When the developer plans to construct a new building (e. g., a data center) on the land, it must confirm both ratio and consult with a consultant or design and construction company in advance.

Regulations on Telecommunications and Electricity Business

1. Telecommunication Business Act (denki tsushin jigyo ho)

A person who conducts a “ Telecommunications Business” must be licensed under the Telecommunications Business Act (Act No. 86 of 1984) (the “TBA”). Under the TBA, a “ Telecommunications Business” means a “business to provide Telecommunications Services in order to meet the demands of others”. “ Telecommunications Service” means “(a) intermediating communications of others through the use of telecommunications facilities or (b) any other acts of providing telecommunications facilities for the use of communications by others”.

A TBA license is either a registration ( toroku) or filing a notification ( todokede) with government body (i. e., Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (“ MIC”)). The type of license required depends on