VNET Group

VNET Group, Inc., formerly 21Vianet Group, Inc., is a carrier-neutral data center operator in China, listed on Nasdaq under the ticker VNET. Founder Sheng Chen serves as executive chairperson and interim chief executive. Headquartered in Beijing, the company operates over 50 data centers in more than 30 Chinese cities, with wholesale campuses in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, and Greater Bay Area regions alongside a retail colocation business. Through its partnership with Microsoft, it operates Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform in China.

VNET Group History:

In October 2021, 21Vianet Group, Inc. changed its name to VNET Group, Inc.
In 2013, it began offering Microsoft public cloud services in China.
In April 2011, its ADSs began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker VNET.
Founded in 1996 in Beijing.

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