VNET Group, Inc. Q3 FY2020 Earnings Call

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Quarter Highlights

  • Revenue reached RMB 1.25 billion, up 27% year-over-year from RMB 981 million in Q3 2019 and within prior guidance.
  • Adjusted EBITDA was RMB 368.5 million, exceeding guidance and rising from RMB 317 million in Q3 2019.
  • EBITDA margin improved to 29.6%, up from 27.8% in the same quarter of 2019.
  • Over 7,000 cabinets delivered in Q3; more than 15,000 delivered year-to-date.
  • Total cabinets managed reached 51,476 as of September 30, 2020.
  • Retail IDC MRR per cabinet grew to RMB 9,074.
  • Compound utilization rate rose to 64.2%, improving from 61.4% in Q2 2020.

Operational & Strategic Developments

  • Secured two new Beijing-area resources with combined 50MW of IT power. First-phase completion expected in 1H 2021.
  • Added 140MW in Jiangsu for major campus expansion, tripling current site capacity.
  • Management emphasized strong demand from both hyperscale (wholesale) and modular/scalable (retail) IDC customers.
  • Company continues execution of its dual-core strategy serving both retail and wholesale customers, in place since 2019.
  • Industry outlook remains strong: Frost & Sullivan projects China retail IDC growing at 11.9% CAGR and wholesale IDC at 21.3% CAGR through 2024.

Financial & Guidance Commentary

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Operator: Good morning, and good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you and welcome to 21Vianet Group's Third Quarter 2020 Earnings Conference Call. With us today are Mr. Alvin Wang, Chief Executive Officer and President; Mr. Samuel Shen, Executive Chairman of the Retail IDC Business Group; Ms. Sharon Liu, Chief Financial Officer; and Ms. Rene Jiang, Investor Relations Director of the company. I'll now turn the call over to your first speaker today, Ms. Rene Jiang, IR Director of 21Vianet. Please go ahead, ma'am. Rene Jiang: Thank you, operator. Hello, everyone. Welcome to our third quarter 2020 earnings call. Before we start, please note that this call may contain forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions for the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and observations that involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors not under the company's control, which may cause actual results, performance, or achievements of the company to be materially different from the results, performance, or expectations implied by these forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entity by the cautionary statements, risk factors, and details of the company's filings with the SEC. 21Vianet undertakes no duty to revise or update any forward-looking statements for selected events or circumstances after the date of

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