ICL vs GDS Comparison

ICL Group Ltd is a manufacturer of products based on minerals. The firm is comprised of four segments: phosphate solutions, potash, industrial products, and growing solutions. These segments all contribute to the company's development of agriculture, food, and engineered material products and services. Maximum revenue is generated from its phosphate solutions segment which uses phosphate commodity products, such as phosphate rock and fertilizer-grade phosphoric acid (green phosphoric acid), to produce specialty products. This segment also produces and markets phosphate-based fertilizers. Geographically, the company generates maximum revenue from Brazil followed by, the United States of America, China, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Israel, France, India, Netherlands, and other countries.

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.