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VNET Reports Unaudited Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
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BEIJING, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — VNET Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: VNET) (“VNET” or the “Company”), a leading carrier- and cloud-neutral internet data center services provider in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026.
Second Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights
Total net revenues increased by 14.2% year-over-year to RMB2.78 billion (US$409.5 million) in the second quarter of 2026 (2Q2025: RMB2.43 billion).Net revenues from the wholesale IDC business (“wholesale revenues”) increased by 29.3% year-over-year to RMB1.10 billion (US$162.8 million) in the second quarter of 2026 (2Q2025: RMB854.1 million).Adjusted cash gross profit (non-GAAP) increased by 9.4% year-over-year to RMB1.16 billion (US$171.2 million) in the second quarter of 2026 (2Q2025: RMB1.06 billion).Adjusted cash gross margin (non-GAAP) was 41.8% in the second quarter of 2026 (2Q2025: 43.6%).Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) increased by 25.4% year-over-year to RMB918.3 million (US$135.3 million) in the second quarter of 2026 (2Q2025: RMB732.5 million).Adjusted EBITDA margin (non-GAAP) was 33.0% in the second quarter of 2026 (2Q2025: 30.1%).Adjusted net income (non-GAAP) was RMB7.4 million (US$1.1 million) in the second quarter of 2026 (2Q2025: adjusted net loss of RMB53.6 million).
Second Quarter 2026 Operational Highlights
Wholesale capacity in service increased by 49.4% year-over-year to 1,007MW as of June 30, 2026 (June 30, 2025: 674MW).Wholesale capacity utilized by customers increased to 45.5% year-over-year to 744MW as of June 30, 2026 (June 30, 2025: 511MW).Retail monthly recurring revenue (MRR) per retail cabinet increased by 9.9% year-over-year to RMB9,799 in the second quarter of 2026 (2Q2025: RMB8,915).
“We achieved robust growth across our key financial and operational metrics in the second quarter of 2026, as our execution capabilities and high-quality deliveries continued to attract new orders,” said Josh Sheng Chen, Founder, Executive Chairperson of VNET. “We secured a 345MW wholesale order from a leading cloud service provider in the second quarter, bringing our total wholesale order wins to 862MW year-to-date. Meanwhile, we continued to expand our strategic resource reserves, securing approximately 1.4GW of land bank capacity during the second quarter, including 908MW in the Chinese mainland and 478MW overseas. This increased our total capacity to over 4GW, providing a clear, multi-year growth runway across both domestic and international markets.
“In addition, we deepened our collaboration with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited and signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly develop a three‑layer integrated compute-energy ecosystem comprising gigawatt‑scale compute-energy facilities, distributed compute-energy networks, and a zero‑carbon token ecosystem. By combining our complementary strengths and deepening cooperation across technology, infrastructure and supply chains, we will jointly advance innovation in integrated compute-energy systems. Together, we aim to contribute to the next generation of digital energy infrastructure in the intelligent era.”
Peter Zhihua Zhang, Senior Vice President, Operational Finance of VNET, commented, “In the second quarter, our total net revenues increased by 14.2% year-over-year to RMB2.78 billion, mainly driven by 29.3% year-over-year growth in wholesale revenues. Wholesale revenues once again surpassed retail, increasing wholesale’s contribution to 39.8% of our total net revenues and reinforcing its position as our primary growth engine. Strong order momentum, long-term customer commitments and our well-paced delivery roadmap strengthen the visibility into our future revenue growth. Adjusted EBITDA increased by 25.4% year-over-year to RMB918.3 million, with its margin expanding by 3.0 percentage points to 33.0%. Moving forward, we will remain focused on disciplined execution across delivery, capacity expansion and capital allocation, driving high-quality growth and creating value for our shareholders.”
Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
TOTAL NET REVENUES: Total net revenues in the second quarter of 2026 were RMB2.78 billion (US$409.5 million), representing an increase of 14.2% from RMB2.43 billion in the same period of 2025. The year-over-year increase was mainly driven by the continued growth of our wholesale IDC business.
Net revenues from IDC business increased by 18.6% to RMB2.15 billion (US$316.9 million) from RMB1.81 billion in the same period of 2025. The year-over-year increase was mainly driven by an increase in wholesale revenues.
Wholesale revenues increased by 29.3% to RMB1.10 billion (US$162.8 million) from RMB854.1 million in the same period of 2025.Retail revenues increased by 9.1% to RMB1.05 billion (US$154.1 million) from RMB958.7 million in the same period of 2025.
Net revenues from non-IDC business increased by 1.1% to RMB628.4 million (US$92.6 million) from RMB621.4 million in the same period of 2025.
GROSS PROFIT: Gross profit in the second quarter of 2026 was RMB505.2 million (US$74.5 million), representing a decrease of 7.8% from RMB547.7 million in the same period of 2025, mainly due to increased depreciation costs associated with our rapid capacity expansion. Gross margin in the second quarter of 2026 was 18.2%, compared with 22.5% in the same period of 2025.
ADJUSTED CASH GROSS PROFIT (non-GAAP), which excludes depreciation and amortization and share-based compensation expenses from gross profit, increased by 9.4% to RMB1.16 billion (US$171.2 million) in the second quarter of 2026 from RMB1.06 billion in the same period of 2025. Adjusted cash gross margin (non-GAAP) in the second quarter of 2026 was 41.8%, compared with 43.6% in the same period of 2025.
OPERATING EXPENSES: Total operating expenses in the second quarter of 2026 were RMB275.9 million (US$40.7 million), compared with RMB374.7 million in the same period of 2025.
Sales and marketing expenses were RMB58.8 million (US$8.7 million) in the second quarter of 2026, compared with RMB70.0 million in the same period of 2025.
Research and development expenses were RMB75.2 million (US$11.1 million) in the second quarter of 2026, compared with RMB67.6 million in the same period of 2025.
General and administrative expenses were RMB164.9 million (US$24.3 million) in the second quarter of 2026, compared with RMB212.5 million in the same period of 2025.
ADJUSTED OPERATING EXPENSES (non-GAAP), which exclude share-based compensation expenses from operating expenses, were RMB271.0 million (US$39.9 million) in the second quarter of 2026, compared with RMB365.6 million in the same period of 2025. As a percentage of total net revenues, adjusted operating expenses (non-GAAP) in the second quarter of 2026 were 9.8%, compared with 15.0% in the same period of 2025.
ADJUSTED EBITDA (non-GAAP), which excludes depreciation and amortization and share-based compensation expenses from operating profit, was RMB918.3 million (US$135.3 million) in the second quarter of 2026, representing an increase of 25.4% from RMB732.5 million in the same period of 2025. Adjusted EBITDA margin (non-GAAP) in the second quarter of 2026 was 33.0%, compared with 30.1% in the same period of 2025.
NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO VNET GROUP, INC.: Net loss attributable to VNET Group, Inc. in the second quarter of 2026 was RMB135.6 million (US$20.0 million), compared with RMB11.9 million in the same period of 2025. The increase in net loss was primarily attributable to a loss of RMB47.1 million from changes in the fair value of financial instruments in the second quarter of 2026. By comparison, the Company recognized a gain of RMB70.4 million from changes in the fair value of financial instruments in the second quarter of 2025.
ADJUSTED NET INCOME (LOSS) (non-GAAP) excludes changes in the fair value of financial instruments from net income (loss). Adjusted net income in the second quarter of 2026 was RMB7.4 million (US$1.1 million), compared with an adjusted net loss of RMB53.6 million in the same period of 2025.
LOSS PER SHARE: Basic and diluted loss per share in the second quarter of 2026 were both RMB0.09 (US$0.01), which represents the equivalent of RMB0.54 (US$0.06) per American depositary share (“ADS”). Each ADS represents six Class A ordinary shares. Diluted loss per share is calculated using adjusted net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by the weighted average number of diluted shares outstanding.
LIQUIDITY: As of June 30, 2026, the aggregate amount of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments was RMB7.21 billion (US$1.06 billion).
Total short-term debt, consisting of short-term bank borrowings and the current portion of long-term borrowings, was RMB4.18 billion (US$616.1 million). Total long-term debt was RMB19.24 billion (US$2.84 billion), comprised of long-term borrowings of RMB14.40 billion (US$2.12 billion) and convertible notes of RMB4.84 billion (US$712.8 million).
Net cash generated from operating activities in the second quarter of 2026 was RMB218.1 million (US$32.1 million), compared with RMB366.6 million in the same period of 2025. During the second quarter of 2026, the Company obtained new debt financing, refinancing facilities, equity financing and other financings of RMB3.77 billion (US$556.0 million).
Second Quarter 2026 Operational Results
Wholesale IDC Business
Capacity in service was 1,007MW as of June 30, 2026, compared with 907MW as of March 31, 2026, and 674MW as of June 30, 2025. Capacity under construction was 585MW as of June 30, 2026.Capacity utilized by customers reached 744MW as of June 30, 2026, compared with 687MW as of March 31, 2026, and 511MW as of June 30, 2025. The sequential increase of 57MW was mainly contributed by the N-HB Campus 03 and N-OR Campus 01 data centers.Utilization rate[1] of wholesale capacity was 73.9% as of June 30, 2026, compared with 75.7% as of March 31, 2026, and 75.9% as of June 30, 2025.Utilization rate of mature wholesale capacity[2] was 92.5% as of June 30, 2026, compared with 93.8% as of March 31, 2026, and 94.6% as of June 30, 2025.Utilization rate of ramp-up wholesale capacity[3] was 36.6% as of June 30, 2026, compared with 45.0% as of March 31, 2026, and 20.8% as of June 30, 2025.Total capacity committed[4] was 970MW as of June 30, 2026, compared with 869MW as of March 31, 2026, and 674MW as of June 30, 2025.Commitment rate[5] for capacity in service was 96.3% as of June 30, 2026, compared with 95.7% as of March 31, 2026, and 100% as of June 30, 2025.
Retail IDC Business[6]
Capacity in service was 50,081 cabinets as of June 30, 2026, compared with 50,170 cabinets as of March 31, 2026, and 52,131 cabinets as of June 30, 2025.Capacity utilized by customers was 32,314 cabinets as of June 30, 2026, compared with 32,165 cabinets as of March 31, 2026, and 33,292 cabinets as of June 30, 2025.Utilization rate of retail capacity was 64.5% as of June 30, 2026, compared with 64.1% as of March 31, 2026, and 63.9% as of June 30, 2025.Utilization rate of mature retail capacity[7] was 68.7% as of June 30, 2026, compared with 68.5% as of March 31, 2026, and 68.6% as of June 30, 2025.Utilization rate of ramp-up retail capacity[8] was 26.9% as of June 30, 2026, compared with 24.2% as of March 31, 2026, and 26.4% as of June 30, 2025.Monthly recurring revenue (MRR) per retail cabinet was RMB9,799 in the second quarter of 2026, compared with RMB9,448 in the first quarter of 2026 and RMB8,915 in the second quarter of 2025.
[1] Utilization rate is calculated by dividing capacity utilized by customers by capacity in service.
[2] Mature wholesale capacity refers to wholesale data centers with utilization rate at or above 80%.
[3] Ramp-up wholesale capacity refers to wholesale data centers with utilization rate below 80%.
[4] Total capacity committed represents capacity committed to customers under effective agreements.
[5] Commitment rate is calculated by dividing total capacity committed by total capacity in service.
[6] For the retail IDC business, since the first quarter of 2024, we have excluded a certain number of reserved cabinets from the capacity in service. Reserved cabinets include those with limited utilization, those scheduled for closure, or those planned for upgrades. As of June 30, 2025, March 31, 2026, and June 30, 2026, 3,791, 4,097 and 3,795 reserved cabinets, respectively, were excluded from retail IDC utilization rate calculations.
[7] Mature retail capacity refers to retail data centers that came into service over 24 months ago.
[8] Ramp-up retail capacity refers to retail data centers that entered service within the past 24 months, or mature retail data centers that underwent improvements within the past 24 months.
Recent Developments
On August 18, 2026, we signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (“CATL”), under which both parties will establish a partnership to deepen compute-energy integration by synergistically combining VNET’s leadership in large‑scale computing infrastructure development and operations with CATL’s expertise in zero‑carbon new energy technologies. With the goal of shaping next generation digital energy infrastructure globally, and leveraging green DC and direct green power connection technologies, the parties plan to jointly develop a three‑layer integrated compute-energy ecosystem comprising gigawatt‑scale compute-energy facilities, distributed compute-energy networks, and a zero‑carbon token ecosystem.
Business Outlook
For the full year of 2026, the Company expects its total net revenues to be in the range of RMB11.5 billion to RMB11.8 billion, representing year-over-year growth of 15.6% to 18.6%, and adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) to be in the range of RMB3,550 million to RMB3,750 million, representing year-over-year growth of 19.2% to 25.9%. In addition, the Company expects capital expenditure to be in the range of RMB10 billion to RMB12 billion for the full year of 2026. The above outlook remains unchanged from the previously provided estimates.
The forecast reflects the Company’s current and preliminary views on the market and its operational conditions and is subject to change.
Conference Call
The Company’s management will host an earnings conference call at 8:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, or 8:00 PM Beijing Time on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
For participants who wish to join the call, please access the links provided below to complete the online registration process.
English line:
https://s1.c-conf.com/diamondpass/10056504-wstpwx.html
Chinese line (listen-only mode):
https://s1.c-conf.com/diamondpass/10056507-c7sjs6e.html
Participants can choose between the English and Chinese options for pre-registration above. Please note that the Chinese option will be in listen-only mode. Upon registration, each participant will receive an email containing details for the conference call, including dial-in numbers, a conference call passcode and a unique access PIN, which will be used to join the conference call.
Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the Company’s investor relations website at http://ir.vnet.com.
A replay of the conference call will be accessible through August 25, 2026, by dialing the following numbers:
US/Canada:
1 855 883 1031
Mainland China:
400 1209 216
Hong Kong, China:
800 930 639
International:
+61 7 3107 6325
Replay PIN (English line):
10056504
Replay PIN (Chinese line):
10056507
Non-GAAP Disclosure
In evaluating its business, VNET considers and uses the following non-GAAP measures defined as non-GAAP financial measures by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a supplemental measure to review and assess its operating performance: adjusted cash gross profit, adjusted cash gross margin, adjusted operating expenses, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin and adjusted net income (loss). The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. For more information on these non-GAAP financial measures, please see the table captioned “Reconciliations of GAAP and non-GAAP results” set forth at the end of this press release.
The non-GAAP financial measures are provided as additional information to help investors compare business trends among different reporting periods on a consistent basis and to enhance investors’ overall understanding of the Company’s current financial performance and prospects for the future. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, U.S. GAAP results. In addition, the Company’s calculation of the non-GAAP financial measures may be different from the calculation used by other companies, and therefore comparability may be limited.
Exchange Rate
This announcement contains translations of certain RMB amounts into U.S. dollars (“USD”) at specified rates solely for the convenience of the reader. Unless otherwise stated, all translations from RMB to USD were made at the rate of RMB6.7851 to US$1.00, the noon buying rate in effect on June 30, 2026, in the H.10 statistical release of the Federal Reserve Board. The Company makes no representation that the RMB or USD amounts referred to could be converted into USD or RMB, as the case may be, at any particular rate or at all. For analytical presentation, all percentages are calculated using the numbers presented in the financial statements contained in this earnings release.
Statement Regarding Unaudited Condensed Financial Information
The unaudited financial information set forth above is preliminary and subject to potential adjustments. Adjustments to the consolidated financial statements may be identified when audit work has been performed for the Company’s year-end audit, which could result in significant differences from this preliminary unaudited condensed financial information.
About VNET
VNET Group, Inc. is a leading carrier- and cloud-neutral internet data center services provider in China. VNET provides hosting and related services, including IDC services, cloud services, and business VPN services to improve the reliability, security, and speed of its customers’ internet infrastructure. Customers may locate their servers and equipment in VNET’s data centers and connect to China’s internet backbone. VNET operates in more than 30 cities throughout China, servicing a diversified and loyal base of over 7,000 hosting and related enterprise customers that span numerous industries ranging from internet companies and government entities to blue-chip enterprises and small- to mid-sized enterprises.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “target,” “believes,” “estimates” and similar statements. Among other things, quotations from management in this announcement. VNET’s strategic and operational plans as well as Business Outlook contain forward-looking statements. VNET may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its reports filed with, or furnished to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual reports to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about VNET’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: VNET’s goals and strategies; VNET’s liquidity conditions; VNET’s expansion plans; the expected growth of the data center services market; expectations regarding demand for, and market acceptance of, VNET’s services; VNET’s expectations regarding keeping and strengthening its relationships with customers; VNET’s plans to invest in research and development to enhance its solution and service offerings; and general economic and business conditions in the regions where VNET provides solutions and services. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in VNET’s reports filed with, or furnished to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and VNET undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.
Investor Relations Contact:
VNET IR Team
Tel: +86 10 8456 2121
Email: ir@vnet.com
VNET GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Amount in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and US dollars (“US$”))
As of
As of
December 31, 2025
June 30, 2026
RMB
RMB
US$
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
5,523,571
6,720,690
990,507
Restricted cash
656,010
477,331
70,350
Short-term Investments
379,198
–
–
Accounts and notes receivable, net
2,222,106
2,640,321
389,135
Amounts due from related parties
429,411
505,671
74,527
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
2,241,570
2,418,052
356,377
Total current assets
11,451,866
12,762,065
1,880,896
Non-current assets:
Restricted cash
22,104
16,412
2,419
Long-term investments, net
1,062,660
1,004,875
148,100
Property and equipment, net
22,775,579
25,463,639
3,752,876
Intangible assets and other long-term assets
2,872,475
3,167,199
466,788
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net
4,871,341
5,159,484
760,414
Deferred tax assets, net
251,572
251,327
37,041
Derivative financial instrument
11,185
–
–
Other non-current assets
1,275,380
1,687,339
248,683
Total non-current assets
33,142,296
36,750,275
5,416,321
Total assets
44,594,162
49,512,340
7,297,217
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Short-term bank borrowings
1,172,561
1,770,210
260,897
Current portion of long-term borrowings
2,059,154
2,410,117
355,207
Current portion of finance lease liabilities
357,995
325,662
47,997
Current portion of operating lease liabilities
962,275
980,147
144,456
Accounts and notes payable
741,878
749,950
110,529
Amounts due to related parties
415,889
355,347
52,372
Income taxes payable
154,343
229,691
33,852
Advances from customers
933,920
1,028,660
151,606
Deferred revenue
138,671
145,015
21,373
Current portion of deferred government grants
51,062
53,878
7,941
Accrued expenses and other payables
5,459,465
5,063,984
746,339
Total current liabilities
12,447,213
13,112,661
1,932,569
Non-current liabilities:
Long-term borrowings
11,579,664
14,402,669
2,122,691
Convertible notes
5,138,664
4,836,250
712,775
Non-current portion of finance lease liabilities
1,643,713
1,599,085
235,676
Non-current portion of operating lease liabilities
4,001,047
4,304,054
634,339
Unrecognized tax benefits
118,734
118,734
17,499
Deferred tax liabilities
840,387
876,409
129,167
Deferred government grants
260,268
242,116
35,683
Total non-current liabilities
23,582,477
26,379,317
3,887,830
Mezzanine equity:
Redeemable non-controlling interests
1,711,591
5,227,481
770,435
Total mezzanine equity
1,711,591
5,227,481
770,435
Shareholders’ equity
Ordinary shares
112
118
17
Treasury stock
(179,087)
(179,087)
(26,394)
Additional paid-in capital
17,360,323
17,607,582
2,595,036
Statutory reserves
116,316
116,316
17,143
Accumulated other comprehensive income
46,375
30,293
4,465
Accumulated deficit
(11,125,595)
(13,499,741)
(1,989,616)
Total VNET Group, Inc. shareholders’ equity
6,218,444
4,075,481
600,651
Noncontrolling interest
634,437
717,400
105,732
Total shareholders’ equity
6,852,881
4,792,881
706,383
Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and shareholders’ equity
44,594,162
49,512,340
7,297,217
VNET GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Amount in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and US dollars (“US$”) except for number of shares and per share data)
Three months ended
Six months ended
June 30, 2025
March 31, 2026
June 30, 2026
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2026
RMB
RMB
RMB
US$
RMB
RMB
US$
Net revenues
2,434,205
2,691,136
2,778,738
409,535
4,680,425
5,469,874
806,160
Cost of revenues
(1,886,470)
(2,075,269)
(2,273,558)
(335,081)
(3,567,349)
(4,348,827)
(640,938)
Gross profit
547,735
615,867
505,180
74,454
1,113,076
1,121,047
165,222
Operating income (expenses)
Operating (loss) income
(1,143)
83
39,885
5,878
318
39,968
5,891
Sales and marketing expenses
(69,963)
(53,682)
(58,751)
(8,659)
(134,309)
(112,433)
(16,571)
Research and development expenses
(67,570)
(74,423)
(75,162)
(11,078)
(111,173)
(149,585)
(22,046)
General and administrative expenses
(212,473)
(162,380)
(164,947)
(24,310)
(392,243)
(327,327)
(48,242)
Allowance for doubtful debt
(23,568)
(78,536)
(16,955)
(2,499)
(54,120)
(95,491)
(14,074)
Total operating expenses
(374,717)
(368,938)
(275,930)
(40,668)
(691,527)
(644,868)
(95,042)
Operating profit
173,018
246,929
229,250
33,786
421,549
476,179
70,180
Interest income
16,869
10,390
16,617
2,449
23,620
27,007
3,980
Interest expense
(157,508)
(221,042)
(204,500)
(30,140)
(258,161)
(425,542)
(62,717)
Other income
5,234
1,376
6,324
932
7,045
7,700
1,135
Other expenses
(5,499)
(2,991)
(1,364)
(201)
(7,937)
(4,355)
(642)
Changes in the fair value of financial instruments
70,404
(32,095)
(47,130)
(6,946)
(264,500)
(79,225)
(11,677)
Foreign exchange gain
9,258
36,083
38,104
5,616
18,785
74,187
10,934
Income (loss) before income taxes and gain (loss) from equity method investments
111,776
38,650
37,301
5,496
(59,599)
75,951
11,193
Income tax expenses
(95,048)
(486,161)
(57,843)
(8,525)
(147,110)
(544,004)
(80,176)
Gain (loss) from equity method investments
41
2,611
(19,205)
(2,830)
3,255
(16,594)
(2,446)
Net income (loss)
16,769
(444,900)
(39,747)
(5,859)
(203,454)
(484,647)
(71,429)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
(13,656)
(19,752)
(12,561)
(1,851)
(30,991)
(32,313)
(4,762)
Net income attributable to redeemable non-controlling interests
(15,027)
(67,189)
(83,289)
(12,275)
(15,027)
(150,478)
(22,178)
Net loss attributable to the VNET Group, Inc.
(11,914)
(531,841)
(135,597)
(19,985)
(249,472)
(667,438)
(98,369)
Accretion to redemption amount of redeemable non-controlling interests
(67)
(1,697,626)
(9,082)
(1,339)
(67)
(1,706,708)
(251,538)
Net loss attributable to the Company’s ordinary shareholders
(11,981)
(2,229,467)
(144,679)
(21,324)
(249,539)
(2,374,146)
(349,907)
Loss per share
Basic
(0.01)
(1.36)
(0.09)
(0.01)
(0.16)
(1.42)
(0.21)
Diluted
(0.01)
(1.36)
(0.09)
(0.01)
(0.16)
(1.42)
(0.21)
Shares used in loss per share computation
Basic*
1,610,484,726
1,644,810,699
1,702,004,096
1,702,004,096
1,609,646,939
1,673,565,395
1,673,565,395
Diluted*
1,610,484,726
1,644,810,699
1,702,004,096
1,702,004,096
1,609,646,939
1,673,565,395
1,673,565,395
Loss per ADS (6 ordinary shares equal to 1 ADS)
Basic
(0.06)
(8.16)
(0.54)
(0.06)
(0.96)
(8.52)
(1.26)
Diluted
(0.06)
(8.16)
(0.54)
(0.06)
(0.96)
(8.52)
(1.26)
* Shares used in loss per share/ADS computation were computed under weighted average method.
VNET GROUP, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF GAAP AND NON-GAAP RESULTS
(Amount in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and US dollars (“US$”))
Three months ended
Six months ended
June 30, 2025
March 31, 2026
June 30, 2026
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2026
RMB
RMB
RMB
US$
RMB
RMB
US$
Gross profit
547,735
615,867
505,180
74,454
1,113,076
1,121,047
165,222
Plus: depreciation and amortization
513,891
595,092
656,509
96,757
916,290
1,251,601
184,463
Plus: share-based compensation expenses
196
297
201
30
305
498
73
Adjusted cash gross profit
1,061,822
1,211,256
1,161,890
171,241
2,029,671
2,373,146
349,758
Adjusted cash gross margin
43.6 %
45.0 %
41.8 %
41.8 %
43.4 %
43.4 %
43.4 %
Operating expenses
(374,717)
(368,938)
(275,930)
(40,668)
(691,527)
(644,868)
(95,042)
Plus: share-based compensation expenses
9,163
6,757
4,883
720
15,492
11,640
1,716
Adjusted operating expenses
(365,554)
(362,181)
(271,047)
(39,948)
(676,035)
(633,228)
(93,326)
Operating profit
173,018
246,929
229,250
33,786
421,549
476,179
70,180
Plus: depreciation and amortization
550,087
637,551
683,995
100,808
977,527
1,321,546
194,772
Plus: share-based compensation expenses
9,359
7,054
5,084
750
15,797
12,138
1,789
Adjusted EBITDA
732,464
891,534
918,329
135,344
1,414,873
1,809,863
266,741
Adjusted EBITDA margin
30.1 %
33.1 %
33.0 %
33.0 %
30.2 %
33.1 %
33.1 %
Net income (loss)
16,769
(444,900)
(39,747)
(5,859)
(203,454)
(484,647)
(71,429)
Plus: Changes in the fair value of financial instruments
(70,404)
32,095
47,130
6,946
264,500
79,225
11,677
Adjusted net (loss) income
(53,635)
(412,805)
7,383
1,087
61,046
(405,422)
(59,752)
VNET GROUP, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(Amount in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and US dollars (“US$”))
Three months ended
June 30, 2025
March 31, 2026
June 30, 2026
RMB
RMB
RMB
US$
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net cash generated from operating activities
366,596
173,676
218,076
32,140
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchases of property and equipment
(1,870,296)
(1,752,448)
(1,513,291)
(223,031)
Purchases of intangible assets
(24,388)
(42,073)
(25,466)
(3,753)
(Payments for) proceeds from investments
(1,216,168)
(308,408)
690,458
101,761
Payments for other investing activities
(171,213)
(115,851)
(123,642)
(18,223)
Net cash used in investing activities
(3,282,065)
(2,218,780)
(971,941)
(143,246)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from bank borrowings
1,004,537
6,560,103
2,176,142
320,724
Repayments of bank borrowings
(381,728)
(3,954,802)
(1,689,182)
(248,955)
Payments for finance leases
(44,471)
(91,453)
(243,834)
(35,937)
Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares
–
951,393
–
–
Contribution from noncontrolling interest in subsidiaries
(4,555)
4,976,468
–
–
Proceeds from (payments for) other financing activities
8,875
(4,493,902)
(330,061)
(48,645)
Net cash generated from (used in) financing activities
582,658
3,947,807
(86,935)
(12,813)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
(14,764)
(24,360)
(24,795)
(3,654)
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
(2,347,575)
1,878,343
(865,595)
(127,573)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
5,767,658
6,201,685
8,080,028
1,190,849
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
3,420,083
8,080,028
7,214,433
1,063,276
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Black Kite Research Reveals That Ransomware’s Primary Target Is the Mid-Market, Not Enterprises as Widely Assumed
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Black Kite’s first mid-market study finds that from 2023 through H1 2026, 73% of ransomware attacks in North America and Europe hit companies with $10M to $1B in annual revenue
BOSTON, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk management, today released its newest report, Mid-Market Is the Routine Target: Ransomware, Third-Party Risk, and the Widening AI Gap. Assessing 120,128 mid-market organizations across North America and Europe from an attacker’s perspective, the report examines why these companies bear the brunt of ransomware attacks, and draws on disclosed incident data and external attack-surface scans to understand the pattern and what mid-market companies can do to protect themselves.
“This is the first time we examined the mid-market as a segment in its own right, rather than a set of companies scattered through larger studies,” said Ferhat Dikbiyik, Chief Research & Intelligence Officer (CRIO), Black Kite. “The report is only the beginning. We’re continuously expanding Black Kite with capabilities designed specifically for mid-market organizations, helping smaller security teams identify, prioritize, and reduce cyber risk without requiring enterprise-sized teams or budgets.”
Black Kite’s analysis of 13,336 ransomware incidents with verifiable revenue across North America and Europe from January 2023 to June 2026 found that 73% of those incidents struck mid-market organizations with annual revenues between $10M and $1B. This concentration has proven highly consistent over time: 74.6% in 2023, 72.1% in 2024, 74% in 2025, and 72.3% during the first half of 2026. Even as the absolute number of incidents grew by 44%, surging from 2,320 in 2023 to 3,340 in 2025, the proportion of mid-market targets held firm.
Additional findings from the report:
Nearly three in four (73%) ransomware victims were mid-market companies between 2023 and the first half of 2026. More than half of those victims generated less than $50M in annual revenue.The mid-market’s share of incidents has remained remarkably steady over the four year period, accounting for approximately 72-75% of victims each year, even as the absolute number of ransomware victims increased.Manufacturing was the most targeted industry, representing more than 25% of mid-market ransomware victims, followed by professional, scientific and technical services, and construction.More than one in four mid-market organizations (28.3%) carried at least one known exploited vulnerability (KEV)More than half (54.7%) had at least one significant patch management finding on public-facing software.Nearly half (48.1%) carried at least one disclosed vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.0 or higher.Nearly one in three (32.3%) had at least one stealer log finding.Nearly half (46.8%) had missing or insufficient DMARC protection.
Why the Mid-Market Is Under Pressure
Mid-market organizations face a growing challenge. They are increasingly targeted by ransomware while also exposed to cyber risk across hundreds of third-party vendors. Both require continuous visibility and rapid response, stretching even well-resourced security teams. Mid-market companies also sit inside the vendor profile of the larger organizations they serve. Regulation on both sides of the Atlantic, from the EU’s NIS2 Directive to U.S. rules like NYCRR 500 and HIPAA, increasingly makes a customer responsible for its suppliers’ security, which puts mid-market vendors under direct pressure to prove their posture.
AI Is Widening the Gap
Artificial intelligence is accelerating the discovery of software vulnerabilities, and the same tools that help organizations find flaws in their own systems are also available to attackers. For mid-market companies with smaller security teams and tighter budgets, keeping pace is far more difficult. Published research shows many mid-sized organizations lag in adopting AI for security. ISC2’s 2025 Cybersecurity Workforce Study found that only 20% of mid-sized organizations have adopted AI tools into their security operations.
The report findings point to a clear conclusion: mid-market exposure is measurable, the obligation to address it is real, and the constraint is capacity. Organizations need security capabilities that help them identify, prioritize, and reduce cyber risk without requiring enterprise-sized teams or budgets.
To help mid-market organizations understand their own exposure, Black Kite is offering a complimentary Ransomware Susceptibility Index® (RSI™) Briefing. Based on Black Kite’s industry-leading ransomware intelligence, the briefing provides:
Your organization’s Ransomware Susceptibility Index® (RSI™)Key findings driving your ransomware riskHow your organization compares to industry peersPrioritized recommendations to reduce cyber risk
Request your complimentary RSI™ Briefing at: https://blackkite.com/free-rsi-rating
Organizations ready to go further can gain ongoing access to Black Kite’s intelligence, including RSI™, FocusTags®, and Digital Breach Intelligence (DBI), and integrate AI into their security program with Black Kite’s AI Agent. Organizations can manage the Black Kite platform either directly or through a trusted Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP).
To read the report, visit https://blackkite.com/reports/2026-mid-market-report/
Methodology
This data presented in the report was assembled by the Black Kite Research Group™ from two independent datasets: ransomware incident tracking across North America and Europe, and a snapshot of externally observable risk findings across the monitored mid-market population. The first establishes which companies were attacked. The second describes how companies of this size appear from the internet. The ransomware data spans January 2023 to June 2026 and is analyzed across seven half-year periods. The mid-market is defined by annual revenue, following the Dun & Bradstreet revenue-based definition, with no employee-count criterion applied. Three bands are reported: lower mid-market at $10M to $50M, core mid-market at $50M to $500M, and upper mid-market at $500M to $1B.
About Black Kite
Black Kite is an AI-native third-party cyber risk management platform built for the connected world. By distilling billions of external risk signals from millions of monitored organizations, Black Kite delivers the trusted intelligence that powers a connected defense network, enabling organizations to identify risk earlier, act faster, and move from isolated defense to collective resilience. With Black Kite, organizations benefit from greater control, earlier warning, and the confidence to work safely with third parties at scale. Black Kite has received numerous industry awards and recognition from customers. Learn more at www.blackkite.com, or on the Black Kite blog.
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LinqAlpha Launches AI Lab to Answer Wall Street’s Hardest AI Question: When Can Investors Trust the Machine?
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New research lab debuts a public hub of 13+ publications and an open leaderboard measuring the investment biases of leading AI models
NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LinqAlpha, the AI-native company building the Alpha Intelligence Layer for global public markets, today announced the launch of LinqAlpha AI Lab, a research organization dedicated to Alpha Intelligence — AI-native investment research: how AI systems understand financial information, when their judgment can be trusted, and how to build systems that turn that trust into investment performance. The Lab’s work debuts today in a dedicated Research hub at linqalpha.com/research, with new research published weekly.
The launch comes as financial institutions confront a widening gap between AI adoption and AI accountability. As banks, hedge funds, and asset managers embed large language models into research and trading, researchers and regulators are asking what happens when markets run on models whose judgment no one has measured.
The Lab’s answer is to measure trust — openly. In its peer-reviewed study Your AI, Not Your View: The Bias of LLMs in Investment Analysis, published at the ACM International Conference on AI in Finance (ICAIF), the Lab’s researchers showed that every foundation model carries measurable, persistent investment biases. To make these findings actionable, LinqAlpha has also launched a public leaderboard that benchmarks leading AI models, enabling investment teams to evaluate model behavior before deployment.
“Everyone is deploying AI in the front office. Almost no one can tell you when to trust its judgment,” said Jacob Chanyeol Choi, Co-founder and Co-CEO of LinqAlpha. “For financial AI, trustworthiness is a benchmark as vital as performance. The Lab exists to close the gap between how fast the industry is adopting AI and how little it has measured it — and to publish what we learn openly.”
The Lab is led by Professor Yongjae Lee, who joins as Chief Scientist. An Associate Professor at UNIST, Professor Lee serves on Korea’s Presidential National AI Strategy Committee and the Financial Services Commission’s AI Council; at ICAIF 2025, his group presented the most main-track papers of any single research group. Professor Alejandro Lopez-Lira of the University of Florida, recipient of the 2023 BlackRock Best Paper Prize, joins as Academic Advisor; his independent public AI-managed portfolios have attracted over $200 million from more than 50,000 investors.
“Financial AI research has often developed along separate academic and industry tracks, with academic work emphasizing methodological rigor and industry work focusing more directly on real-world workflows,” said Professor Lee. “This Lab is built to do both.”
Measuring trust is the foundation, not the destination. Building on its bias research, the Lab also studies how validated AI judgment can generate alpha signals and manage risk. In a study presented at ACL 2026, the Lab’s researchers showed that adding an LLM “filter” that vets the economic logic behind statistically discovered trading signals cut average losses by 46% in backtests. In related research, the Lab found that blending prediction-market prices with context-aware LLM forecasts yields better-calibrated event predictions than either alone, and that LLM analysis of corporate disclosures produced roughly three times the alpha of standard baselines.
LinqAlpha AI Lab launches with more than a dozen publications at venues including ICML, ACL, and ACM ICAIF, co-authored with researchers affiliated with institutions including J.P. Morgan, BlackRock, Blackstone, State Street Investment Management, Kalshi, and MIT, among others. Its contributions include the FinDER and FinAgentBench benchmark datasets and the AI for Finance Summit series, whose Boston edition was co-hosted with J.P. Morgan. The Lab’s researchers have also organized leading academic workshops in financial AI, including the ACM ICAIF AI for Finance Symposium (2024-2026), the ICLR Workshop on Advances in Financial AI (2025-2026), the NeurIPS Workshop on Generative AI in Finance (2025), the EMNLP Workshop on Financial Technology and Natural Language Processing (FinNLP, 2026), and KDD Finance Day (2026).
About LinqAlpha
LinqAlpha is the AI-native company building the Alpha Intelligence Layer for global public markets. Founded by former Goldman Sachs analyst, MIT computer science PhDs and UC Berkeley MFE, LinqAlpha serves more than 70 financial institutions across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, including sell-side sales, trading, and research teams at leading investment banks, as well as hedge funds and asset managers. Collectively, LinqAlpha’s buy-side clients manage more than $5 trillion in assets. For more information, visit www.linqalpha.com.
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Second Installment 2025 tax bills are now online, two weeks before they’re mailed
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CHICAGO, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced today that property owners can now go to cookcountytreasurer.com to view, download and pay their Second Installment bill for the 2025 Tax Year.
“If you own property in Cook County, you don’t have to wait until your tax bill arrives in the mail to see the amount due and confirm your exemptions,” Pappas said.
The Treasurer’s Office plans to mail 1.8 million bills to Cook County property owners on or before Sept. 1. Those 2025 second installment bills will be due a month later on Oct. 1.
“I encourage people to pay online, which is the quickest and most convenient way to pay,” Pappas said.
There’s no fee to pay by transferring funds directly from your bank account, and payments can be made 24 hours a day. Online payments are secure and eliminate the risk of a check being stolen from the mail.
“If you want to be proactive and pay now so you don’t have to think about it, paying online is the best way to do so,” said Pappas. If you’re unable to pay the full amount, you can make partial payments and lower the amount of interest charged on overdue taxes hopefully easing the financial strain a bit.”
Property owners who wish to view, download, print out and electronically pay their bills should visit cookcountytreasurer.com. Once there, select the blue box labeled “Pay Online for Free” and enter the address or Property Index Number (PIN).
Credit card payments are also accepted online but carry a 2.08% convenience fee paid to the credit card company.
Taxpayers also can pay at nearly 400 Chase Bank locations in Illinois, including those outside Cook County, or at more than 100 participating community banks. But you must bring your physical bill or a copy of it if you choose to pay in person at a bank. Taxpayers can also pay at the Treasurer’s Office at 118 N. Clark St., Room 112, in downtown Chicago.
Lastly, payments can be mailed to the Cook County Treasurer’s Office, with the taxpayer’s PIN, contact and property information included. The canceled check serves as the receipt.
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