Company: GDHLF
Filing Date: 2025-05-29
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001104659-25-053912
Chunk: 11

Company: GDS Holdings Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-05-29
Form: 424B5
Chunk 11
---
I rebranded itself as “DayOne”. We refer to the business and/or entity of DayOne in this prospectus supplement as “DayOne”;

•

“DTC” are to The Depository Trust Company, the central book-entry clearing and settlement system for equity securities in the United States and the clearance system for our ADSs;

•

“end user customers” or “customers” are to the end users of our company’s services;

•

“Entity List” are to the list maintained by the United States or U.S. Department of Commerce identifying foreign entities believed to be involved, or pose a significant risk of being or becoming involved, in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States and which are prohibited from acquiring some or all items subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, or EAR;

•

“foreign private issuer” are to such term as defined in Rule 3b-4 under the U.S. Exchange Act;

<div align='center'>S-iv</div>

TABLE OF CONTENTS

•

“GDS Beijing” are to Beijing Wanguo Chang’an Science and Technology Co., Ltd., a limited liability company established in the PRC on May 30, 2006 and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Management HoldCo;

•

“GDS Holdings,” “GDS,” “company,” “our company,” “we,” “our” or “us” are to GDS Holdings Limited, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability on December 1, 2006 and, where the context requires, its consolidated subsidiaries and the consolidated affiliated entities, including the variable interest entities and their subsidiaries, from time to time;

•

“GDS Investment Company” are to GDS (Shanghai) Investment Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Shanghai Free Trade Zone GDS Management Co., Ltd.), a limited liability company established in the PRC on December 30, 2015 and our wholly-owned indirect subsidiary;

•

“GDS Shanghai” are to Shanghai Shu’an Data Services Co., Ltd., a limited liability company established in the PRC on May 4, 2011 and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Management HoldCo;

•

“GDS Suzhou” are to Global Data Solutions Co., Ltd., a limited liability company established in the PRC on September 30, 2000 and a wholly-owned subsidiary of GDS Beijing;

•

“GIC” are to GIC Private Limited, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund;

•

“gross