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VNET Group (VNET Group) Gross Property, Plant and Equipment : $3,449 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is VNET Group Gross Property, Plant and Equipment?

VNET Group's quarterly gross PPE increased from Jun. 2023 ($2,273 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($2,334 Mil) and increased from Sep. 2023 ($2,334 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($3,449 Mil).

VNET Group's annual gross PPE increased from Dec. 2021 ($2,715 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($3,032 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2022 ($3,032 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($3,449 Mil).


VNET Group Gross Property, Plant and Equipment Historical Data

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VNET Group Gross Property, Plant and Equipment Chart

VNET Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Gross Property, Plant and Equipment
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,308.86 1,950.19 2,714.96 3,032.37 3,449.21

VNET Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Gross Property, Plant and Equipment Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3,032.37 2,346.09 2,273.13 2,333.76 3,449.21

VNET Group Gross Property, Plant and Equipment Calculation

Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE) are the fixed assets of the company. Fixed assets are also known as non-current assets.

Property, plant, and equipment includes assets that will - in the normal course of business - neither be used up in the next year nor will become a part of any product sold to customers.

Some of the most common parts of property, plant, and equipment are:


Land
Buildings (and leasehold improvements)
Transportation equipment
Manufacturing equipment
Office equipment
Office furniture

Companies with lots of property, plant, and equipment often have special categories. For example, railroad property includes:


Track
Ties
Ballast
Bridges
Tunnels
Signals
Locomotives
Freight Cars

There is often a note in the financial statements - found in a company's 10-K - that will explain the different categories of property a company owns.

The market value of property, plant, and equipment can differ tremendously from the book value of property, plant, and equipment.

For example, when Berkshire Hathaway liquidated its textile mills, it had to pay the buyers of the company's manufacturing equipment to haul the equipment away. That property, plant, and equipment was literally worth less than zero. On the other hand, some companies own thousands of acres of land.

All property, plant, and equipment other than land is depreciated. Land is never depreciated. However, land is not marked up to market value either. Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), land is shown on the balance sheet at cost.

The property, plant, and equipment line shown on the balance sheet is usually net property, plant, and equipment. This means it is the cost of the property, plant, and equipment less accumulated depreciation.


VNET Group  (NAS:VNET) Gross Property, Plant and Equipment Explanation

A company with durable competitive advantage doesn't need to constantly upgrade its equipment to stay competitive. The company replaces when it wears out. On the other hand, a company without any advantages must replace to keep pace.

Difference between a company with a moat and one without is that the company with the competitive advantage finances new equipment through internal cash flows, whereas the no advantage company requires debt to finance.

Producing a consistent product that doesn't change equates to consistent profits. There is no need to upgrade plants which frees up cash for other ventures. Think Coca Cola, Johnson & Johnson etc.


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No. 10 Jiuxianqiao East Road, Guanjie Building Southeast 1st Floor, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHN, 100016
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 end-September 2023 it had 84,608 self-built cabinets with the majority in Beijing, Shanghai, and the Greater Bay area. It also operated partnered data centers with around 4,314 cabinets and had 476 MW of wholesale capacity contracted or under a memorandum of understanding.

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