VNET Group, Inc. Q2 FY2025 Earnings Call

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Quarter Overview

  • Total net revenues reached RMB 2.43 billion, up 22.1% year-over-year, driven mainly by wholesale IDC expansion.
  • Adjusted EBITDA was RMB 732 million, up 27.7% year-over-year, with margins improving to 30.1% from 28.8% last year.
  • Wholesale IDC was the standout performer, reaching RMB 854 million in revenue, a 112.5% year-over-year increase.
  • Retail IDC continued stable growth, supported by ongoing AI-driven demand.

Operational Performance

  • Wholesale capacity in service increased 17.5% quarter-over-quarter to 674 MW (+101 MW).
  • Wholesale utilized capacity grew 17% quarter-over-quarter to 511 MW (+74 MW), maintaining a 75.9% utilization rate.
  • Mature wholesale utilization rate reached 94.6%, indicating strong fill‑rate efficiency.
  • Retail IDC capacity in service reached 52,131 cabinets with utilization rising slightly to 63.9%; MRR per cabinet increased to RMB 8,915.
  • New retail orders totaled 4 MW; the company secured a new 20 MW wholesale order from a top cloud services customer in Hebei.

Strategic Highlights

  • Management reaffirmed long-term growth driven by accelerating AI-related demand, especially in Greater Beijing and the Yangtze River Delta.
  • Introduced the Hyperscale 2.0 framework to support future AI data center (AIDC) builds.

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Operator: Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by for the Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call for VNET Group, Inc. [Operator Instructions] Participants from our management include Mr. Ju Ma, Rotating President; Mr. Qiyu Wang, Chief Financial Officer; 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 Liu. Please go ahead. Xinyuan Liu: Thank you, operator. Hello, everyone, and welcome to our second quarter 2025 earnings conference call. Our earnings release was distributed earlier today, and you can find a copy on our IR site as well as on Newswire services. Please note that today's call 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 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 unaudited GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures. VNET's earnings press release contains a

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