VNET vs NEXT 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 March 2025, it had 51,960 retail cabinets with the majority in Beijing, Shanghai, and the Greater Bay area. It also had 573 MW of wholesale capacity in service with a further 377 MW under construction and a further 670 MW held for future development.

NextDecade Corp is a Houston-based energy company engaged in construction and development activities related to the liquefaction of natural gas and sale of LNG and the capture and storage of CO2 emissions. The group is constructing and developing a natural gas liquefaction and export facility located in the Rio Grande Valley near Brownsville, Texas (the Rio Grande LNG Facility). It also engaged in NEXT Carbon Solutions advancing proprietary processes to lower the cost of utilizing carbon capture and storage (CCS) and help companies reduce their emissions and achieve their clean energy goals.