GDS Announces Private Placement of US$300 Million convertible preferred shares to A Chinese Institutional Investor

SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GDS Holdings Limited (“GDS Holdings”, “GDS” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GDS; HKEX: 9698), a leading developer and operator of high-performance data centers in China, today announced a private placement of US$300 million of Series B convertible preferred shares (the “convertible preferred shares”) to Huatai Capital Investment Limited, a Chinese institutional investor (the “Private Placement”). GDS will use the proceeds from the private placement to fund expansion of its data center capacity and for general corporate purposes.