VNET vs MEOH Comparison

VNET started as AsiaCloud in 1999 and moved to the data center business with its first self-developed data center opening in 2010. The firm listed (as 21Vianet) on the Nasdaq in April 2011, subsequently changing its name to VNET Group in 2021. It originally focused on providing data center services such as colocation and cloud services to retail clients in China, but added hyperscale customers in 2019 and now counts large Chinese hyperscalers such as Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, and Huawei Cloud as customers. At the end of June 2025, it had 51,960 retail cabinets with the majority in Beijing, Shanghai, and the Greater Bay area. It also had 674 MW of wholesale capacity in service with a further 326 MW under construction and a further 792 MW held for future development.

Methanex Corp manufactures and sells methanol. Its customers use methanol as a feedstock to produce end-products including adhesives, foams, solvents, and windshield washer fluids. The firm also sells its products to the oil refining industry, where the methanol is blended with gasoline to produce a high-octane fuel or blended as a component of biodiesel. It distributes its products through an extensive supply chain that includes the operation of port terminals, tankers, barges, rail cars, trucks, and pipelines. The company generates the majority of its revenue from Europe.