GDS Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:GDS) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call March 26, 2024 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

William Huang - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
Daniel Newman - Chief Financial Officer
Laura Chen - Head of Investor Relations

Conference Call Participants

Frank Louthan - Raymond James
Eunice Liu - Goldman Sachs
Yang Liu - Morgan Stanley
Daley Li - Bank of America
Robert Chu - JP Morgan
Bora Lee - RBC Capital Markets
Sara Wang - UBS

Operator

Hello ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by for the GDS Holdings Limited fourth quarter and full year 2023 earnings conference call.

At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After management’s 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. Ladies and gentlemen, thanks for standing by. Welcome to the fourth quarter and full year earnings conference call for GDS Holdings Limited. The company’s results were issued via newswire services earlier today and are posted online. A summary presentation, which we will 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. Ms. Jamie Khoo, our COO is also available to answer questions.

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 risks and uncertainties is included in the company’s prospectus as filed with the U.S. SEC. The company does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements except as required under applicable law.

Please also note that GDS’ earnings press release and this conference call include discussions of unaudited GAAP financial information, as well as unaudited non-GAAP financial measures. GDS’ press release contains a reconciliation of the unaudited non-GAAP measures to the unaudited most directly comparable GAAP measures.

Now I’ll turn the call over to GDS Founder, Chairman and CEO, William Huang. Please go ahead, William.