Insights
19 May, 2026
NEWSLETTER: GDS HOLDINGS
Do Data Centres Earn Their Keep?
Mark Webb
GDS Holdings is a reminder that an appealing industry can struggle to generate an appealing return. Data centres are one of the market’s favourite infrastructure themes: cloud demand, artificial intelligence, digitalisation, outsourcing, and the endless growth in data consumption all point in the same direction. On paper, that sounds like a very attractive place to be. The question, though, is...
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1 December, 2023
NEWSLETTER: EVERGRANDE (3333 HK)
Never profitable
Fredrik Oeqvist
Evergrande’s much delayed and recently published 2021 annual report makes clear that it significantly overstated revenue and earnings – most likely for many years. Contrary to what some people think, Evergrande was not so much a victim of tightened liquidity or a COVID-induced property market downturn; its problems were far more fundamental – there were never any profits....
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