VNET Group, Inc. Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

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VNET Group, Inc. Q1 2026 Earnings Summary

Period: First Quarter 2026 (ended March 31, 2026). All comparisons are year-over-year (YoY) unless noted. Wholesale IDC surpassed retail revenues for the first time.

Financial Highlights

  • Total net revenues: RMB 2.69 billion (+19.8% YoY), driven by wholesale growth.
  • Wholesale revenues: RMB 1.06 billion (+58.1% YoY).
  • Retail revenues: RMB 1.02 billion (+5.4% YoY).
  • Non-IDC revenues: RMB 606.6 million (+0.3% YoY).
  • Adjusted cash gross profit: RMB 1.21 billion (+25.1% YoY); margin improved to 45% (vs. 43.1% in Q1 2025).
  • Adjusted EBITDA: RMB 891.5 million (+30.6% YoY); margin rose to 33.1% (vs. 30.4% in Q1 2025).
  • Net operating cash inflow: RMB 173.7 million (RMB 292.8 million excluding one-off items).
  • Cash position: RMB 8.8 billion (cash, equivalents, restricted cash, short-term investments).
  • Net debt / Adj. LQA EBITDA: 3.8x; Total debt / Adj. LQA EBITDA: 6.1x; Adj. TTM EBITDA / Interest coverage: 5.8x (all healthy).

Operational Highlights

  • Wholesale IDC: Capacity in service: 907 MW (+18 MW QoQ); Utilized capacity: 687 MW (+64 MW QoQ); Utilization rate: 75.7% (+5.6 pp QoQ from 70.1%); Mature capacity utilization: 93.8%. Total resource capacity: 2.48 GW. Capacity under construction: 516 MW (85.8% precommitted).

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Operator: Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by for the First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call for VNET Group, Inc. [Operator Instructions] Participants from our management include Ms. Sharon Liu, rotating President; Mr. Peter Zhang, SVP of Operational Finance; Ms. Xinyuan Liu, Head of Investor Relations of the company. Please note that today's conference call is being recorded. I will now turn the call over to the first speaker today, Ms. Xinyuan Li. Please go ahead. Xinyuan Liu: Thank you, operator. Hello, everyone, and welcome to our first quarter 2026 earnings conference call. Our earnings release was distributed earlier today. and you can find a copy on our aside as well as on use wire services. Please note that today's call will contain forward-looking statements with under the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from our current expectations. For detailed discussions of these risks and uncertainties, please refer to our latest annual report and other documents filed with the SEC. VNET does not undertake any obligations to update any forward-looking statements, except as required under applicable laws. Please also note that VNET's earnings press release and this conference call include the disclosure of audited GAAP and non-GAAP financial matters. VNET's earnings press release contains

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