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logoMorningstarMarch 28, 2024

VNET Group, Inc.: VNET Group Earnings: Fair Value Estimate Down, Mainly on Capital Raise

Symbols
VNET
Sector(s)
Technology
Rating
Current Price
$1.58
Fair Value
Economic Moat
Stewardship
Summary

VNET started as AsiaCloud in 1999 and moved to the data center business with its first self-developed data center opening in 2010. The firm listed (as 21Vianet) on the Nasdaq in April 2011, subsequently changing its name to VNET Group in 2021. It originally focused on providing data center services such as colocation and cloud services to retail clients in China, but added hyperscale customers in 2019 and now counts large Chinese hyperscalers such as Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, and Huawei Cloud as customers. At end-December 2023 it had 89,357 self-built cabinets with the majority in Be

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Analyst Profile

Dan Baker

Director
Dan Baker is a director of equity research for Morningstar Investment Management Asia Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. He covers Asian telecommunications and technology companies. He is also team leader for the equity research teams in Hong Kong and China.Before joining Morningstar in 2014, he had 10 years’ experience as an equity analyst with Merrill Lynch and Mirae Asset Securities and two years in equity sales with RBS. He also worked for eight years in the telecommunications industry as an engineer with Ericsson and a telecom industry consultant with Ovum.Baker holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Melbourne, a diploma in applied finance and investment from the Securities Institute of Australia, and a master’s degree in accounting from Curtin University.