GDS Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:GDS) Q1 2024 Results Conference Call May 22, 2024 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Laura Chen - Head of Investor Relations
William Huang - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
Daniel Newman - Chief Financial Officer
Jamie Khoo - CEO of GDS International

Conference Call Participants

Jonathan Atkin - RBC Capital Markets
Yang Liu - Morgan Stanley
Cooper Belanger - TD Cowen
Gokul Hariharan - JPMC
Sara Wang - UBS

Operator

Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by for GDS Holdings Limited's First Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in 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, operator. Hello, everyone. Welcome to the first quarter 2024 earnings conference call of GDS Holdings Limited. The company's results were issued via newswire services earlier today and 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.gds-services.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, CEO of GDS International, 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 US 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 US SEC, and 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 release -- 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.

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