GDS Holdings Limited Q1 FY2025 Earnings Call

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Key Performance Highlights

  • Revenue grew 12% year-on-year compared to Q1 2024, marking the strongest growth in two years.
  • Adjusted EBITDA increased 15% year-on-year, driven by solid backlog delivery and rapid customer move-ins.
  • Utilization rate reached 75.7%; move-ins remained consistent at ~20,000 sqm, all in Tier 1 markets.
  • Adjusted EBITDA margin improved to 48.6%, compared to 46.9% in Q1 2024, driven mainly by lower operating costs.
  • GDS expects high single-digit adjusted EBITDA growth year-on-year for the next three quarters.

Business & Market Developments

  • AI has become a major catalyst for demand, particularly in Tier 1 markets as inferencing workloads grow.
  • Signed a 152MW “mega deal” in Q1 2025 with full move-in expected within 12 months; considered high-quality, low-risk demand.
  • Chip supply uncertainty remains in China, but GDS expects clarity to unlock a new wave of demand.
  • GDS holds approximately 900MW of development capacity in Tier 1 markets—expected to be fully developed within four years.

DayOne International Expansion (Subsidiary)

  • Added 70MW in new commitments in Q1 2025, bringing total to over 530MW.
  • Secured commitments in Thailand and entered Europe with a new project in Finland. Combined additions expected to exceed 220MW soon, pushing total commitments above 750MW.

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Operator: Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by, for GDS Holdings Limited First Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After management prepared remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. Today's conference call is being recorded. I will now turn the call over to your host, Ms. Laura Chen, Head of Investor Relations for the company. Please go ahead, Laura. Laura Chen: Thank you. Hello, everyone, and welcome to the first quarter 2025 earnings conference call of GDS Holdings Limited. The company's results were issued via Newswire services earlier today and are posted online. A summary presentation, which we'll refer to during this conference call, can be viewed and downloaded from our IR website at investors.gdsservices.com. Leading today's call is Mr. William Huang, GDS' Founder, Chairman and CEO who will provide an overview of our business strategy and performance. Mr. Dan Newman, GDS’ CFO will then review the financial and operating results. Before we continue, please note that today's discussion will contain forward-looking statements made under the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. As such, the company's results may be materially different from the views expressed today. Further information regarding these and other risk and uncertainties is included in the company's pro

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