Company: GDHLF
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000935
Chunk: 241

Company: GDS Holdings Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 241
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Other Regulations on Operation of Data Centers

1. Fire Service Act (shobou hou)

  A person who has the authority to manage specified facilities is obligated to appoint a fire prevention manager and have the fire prevention manager prepare a disaster prevention plan.  

Depending on which entity holds the authority to manage facilities, this obligation can be outsourced to a property manager or other vendor.

  The parties involved in specified facilities (owner, occupant, or manager) are obligated to install, maintain, and inspect fire defense equipment in accordance with the technical standards. Whi...  

  The storage and handling of specified hazardous materials must conform to technical standards. In addition, the owner, manager, or occupant of storage or handling facilities for the hazardous m...  

2. Noise Regulation Act (souon kisei hou)

Those who have installed certain factories and other facilities in designated areas must comply with the noise regulatory standards. The owner of the data center, which has developed the data center that is subject to regulations under Noise Regulation Act, will be responsible for the violation of the noise regulatory standards.

3. Act on the Rational Use of Energy and Switching to Non-fossil Energy (shouene hou)

  Under the Act, the criteria to ensure the appropriate and effective implementation of the rationalization of energy use are announced. For date centers, among other criteria, PUE, an internatio...  

  The Act obliges business operators that have business facilities whose total annual energy consumption amount is 1,500 kl (crude oil equivalent) or more to, among others:  

  (i)      appoint an energy manager and other positions stipulated in the Act;  

  (ii)      submit regular reports on energy usage and other items including the percentage of non-fossil energy used by the business operator and the status of efforts to switch to non-fossil energy; and  

  (iii)      submit medium-to-long-term plans including medium-to-long-term goals and initiatives for the transition to non-fossil energy.  

  Organizational Structure  
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Our Corporate Structure

The diagram below summarizes our corporate structure and identifies our significant subsidiaries, consolidated VIEs and their significant subsidiaries as of December 31, 2024. The relationships among each of GDS Shanghai, GDS Beijing, Management HoldCo and GDS Investment Company as illustrated in the diagram below