144 0001758419 XXXXXXXX LIVE 0001508475 VNET Group Inc 001-35126 Guanjie Building, Southeast 1st Floor 10# Jiuxianqiao East Road Beijing F4 100016 8610-84562121 Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Management Associates (Cayman) - NQ L.P. Affiliate American Depositary Shares, each representing six Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share Morgan Stanley & Co, LLC

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10402130 118376239 1513609283 03/17/2025 NASDAQ American Depositary Shares 03/21/2021 Conversion of Series A Preferred Shares of the Issuer previously purchased for cash pursuant to an Investment Agreement dated June 22, 2020. Issuer N 9084636 03/21/2021 Conversion of Series A Preferred Shares American Depositary Shares 06/08/2021 Open Market Purchase N/A N 2217494 06/08/2021 Cash Y Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Management Associates(Cayman) - NQ L.P. is investment manager to certain funds (each a "Seller") that each entered into a variable price forward sale transaction relating to American Depositary Shares ("Shares") held by such Seller with Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. ("MS") under a master confirmation (a "Master Confirmation"). Each Master Confirmation provides for settlement based on the volume-weighted average price of the Shares on scheduled valuation dates set forth in a supplemental confirmation. The broker named in this Form 144 will sell the Shares in the market in accordance with Rule 144 and applicable SEC staff interpretive guidance. Aggregate market value based on closing price of $11.38 for the Shares on 03/17/25. Issuer has 1,513,609,283 Class A ordinary shares outstanding as of 12/31/23 per Form 20-F filed on 04/26/24. 03/17/2025 Christopher J. James