0000000000-24-007813.txt : 20240827 0000000000-24-007813.hdr.sgml : 20240827 20240710143603 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000000000-24-007813 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: UPLOAD PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240710 FILED FOR: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VNET Group, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001508475 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, DATA PROCESSING, ETC. [7370] ORGANIZATION NAME: 06 Technology IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: UPLOAD SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35126 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: GUANJIE BUILDING, SOUTHEAST 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 10# JIUXIANQIAO EAST ROAD CITY: Beijing STATE: F4 ZIP: 100016 BUSINESS PHONE: (86 10) 8456-2121 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: GUANJIE BUILDING, SOUTHEAST 1ST FLOOR STREET 2: 10# JIUXIANQIAO EAST ROAD CITY: Beijing STATE: F4 ZIP: 100016 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: 21Vianet Group, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20110406 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: 21 Vianet Group, Inc. 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Form 20-F for the Year Ended December 31, 2023 Filed April 26, 2024 File No. 001-35126 Dear Qiyu Wang: We have reviewed your June 24, 2024 response to our comment letter and have the following comment. Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional comments. Unless we note otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our June 10, 2024 letter. Form 20-F for the Year Ended December 31, 2023 Risk Factors, page 18 1. We note your proposed disclosure revisions in response to prior comment 1. Please provide us with the revised disclosures to your risk factors where you will discuss how Hong Kong law differs from PRC law and any risks and consequences to the company associated with those laws. July 10, 2024 Page 2 Please contact Anastasia Kaluzienski at 202-551-3685 or Robert Littlepage at 202-551- 3361 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Technology