SHANGHAI, Chi a, July 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GDS Holdi gs Limited (“GDS Holdi gs”, “GDS” o the “Compa y”) (NASDAQ: GDS; HKEX: 9698), a leadi g develope a d ope ato of high-pe fo ma ce data ce te s i Chi a, today eleased its 2025 Sustai ability Repo t, demo st ati g accele ated p og ess ac oss its deca bo izatio oadmap a d sustai ability pe fo ma ce.
I 2025, GDS aised its e ewable e e gy usage ate to 60%, with the volume of di ect g ee powe pu chases up ove 60% yea -ove -yea a d accou ti g fo 75% of total e ewable sou ces. The Compa y imp oved its ave age Powe Usage Effective ess (PUE) f om 1.24 i 2024 to 1.23, a d 90% of its self-developed data ce te s meet g ee buildi g sta da ds, with 45 data ce te s ow ce tified g ee . These effo ts co t ibuted to a 23.1% eductio i ca bo i te sity compa ed to baseli e yea 2023. O the ci cula eco omy f o t, GDS lau ched Chi a’s fi st pilot p og am that co ve ts ecycled waste cooki g oil i to biodiesel fo backup powe systems, cutti g lifecycle ca bo emissio s by ove 90% ve sus co ve tio al diesel, a d its Sha ghai Pujia g Data Ce te Campus has ea ed Chi a’s fi st Ze o Waste to La dfill Ma ageme t Pe fo ma ce Ce tificatio . Both a e key pilla s u de pi i g GDS’s path to et-ze o emissio s.
Notably, GDS achieved a la dma k upg ade i its MSCI ESG ati g f om A to AAA, the highest tie possible, affi mi g its i dust y-leadi g sustai ability pe fo ma ce. The Compa y also mai tai ed a B ati g i its CDP assessme t, secu ed i clusio i the S&P CSA Rati g 2025 Yea book, a d etai ed its Moody’s NZA-2 (Net Ze o Assessme t) ati g, which validates its pe fo ma ce i G ee house Gas (GHG) Ambitio , Impleme tatio , a d Gove a ce, emai i g the o ly data ce te compa y i the wo ld to successfully pass this et-ze o assessme t.
“Ou 2025 pe fo ma ce eflects both the depth of ou commitme t a d the ta gible outcomes of ou effo ts to i teg ate sustai ability p i ciples ac oss ou ope atio s,” said M . William Hua g, Chai ma a d CEO of GDS. “F om deployi g e ewable e e gy to impleme ti g b eakth ough ci cula p actices a d achievi g top-tie ati gs, we co ti ue to build a g ee i tellige t i f ast uctu e platfo m that d ives lo g-te m value a d i dust y adva ceme t. We emai fi mly committed to ou 2030 ca bo eut ality goal a d a e co fide t i the path we a e cha ti g.”
To view the epo t i full, please visit the Sustai ability sectio o the GDS co po ate website o access the epo t at:https://c.gds-se vices.com/esg2025/docs/2025_ESG_Repo t_EN.pdf
GDS Holdi gs Limited (NASDAQ: GDS; HKEX: 9698) is a leadi g develope a d ope ato of high-pe fo ma ce data ce te s i Chi a. The Compa y’s facilities a e st ategically located ac oss the key hubs whe e dema d fo high-pe fo ma ce data ce te se vices is co ce t ated. The Compa y’s data ce te s have la ge et floo a ea, high powe capacity, de sity a d efficie cy, a d multiple edu da cies ac oss all c itical systems. The Compa y is ca ie a d cloud- eut al, which e ables its custome s to access the majo telecommu icatio s etwo ks, as well as the la gest PRC a d global public clouds, which a e hosted i ma y of its facilities. The Compa y has a 26-yea t ack eco d of se vice delive y, successfully fulfilli g the equi eme ts of some of the la gest a d most dema di g custome s fo outsou ced data ce te se vices i Chi a. The Compa y’s custome base co sists p edomi a tly of hype scale cloud se vice p ovide s, la ge i te et compa ies, fi a cial i stitutio s, telecommu icatio s ca ie s, IT se vice p ovide s, a d la ge domestic p ivate secto a d multi atio al co po atio s. The Compa y also holds a mi o ity equity i te est i DayO e Data Ce te s Limited, a i depe de t Si gapo e-headqua te ed hype scale data ce te platfo m.
Fo i vesto a d media i qui ies, please co tact:
GDS Holdi gs LimitedLau a Che Pho e: +86 (21) 2029-2203Email: i @gds-se vices.com
Piace te Fi a cial Commu icatio sRoss Wa e Pho e: +86 (10) 6508-0677Email: GDS@tpg-i .com
B a di Piace tePho e: +1 (212) 481-2050Email: GDS@tpg-i .com
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