GDS vs NNN Comparison

GDS Holdings started as an IT service provider in 2001 then moved to the data center business with its first self-developed data center opening in 2010. The company now develops and operates data centers in China and also builds, operates and transfers data centers for other clients. It offers colocation and managed services and mainly targets hyperscale cloud service customers who take large areas of its data centers or even whole data centers under long-term contracts. Its data centers are located predominantly in and around the Tier 1 cities in China and it has also started an expanding into Southeast Asia via the now 38% owned DayOne. GDS listed on the Nasdaq in 2016 and completed a secondary listing in Hong Kong in 2020.

NNN REIT Inc is a real estate investment trust that acquires, owns, invests in, and develops high-quality properties mainly leased under long-term net leases with minimal capital expenditure requirements. The company focuses mainly on retail properties, with a portfolio including convenience stores, automotive service properties, restaurants, theatres, entertainment venues, dealerships, and other retail-related assets. Primary business objectives emphasize retail properties, and it may invest in a wide variety of property and tenant types, leases, mortgages, loans secured by personal property, loans secured by partnership or membership interests, and securities of other REITs or other issuers.