由安东尼·休斯（Anthony Hughes）报道：DayOne Data Centers Ltd. 已申请在美国进行首次公开募股（IPO），这家总部位于新加坡的公司此举旨在捕捉投资者对人工智能基础设施持续强劲的需求。
Data Centers Ltd. filed for a US initial public offering, setting the Singapore-headquartered firm up to capture investors’ resilient demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure.
根据其周一向美国证券交易委员会（SEC）提交的文件显示，在截至 6 月 30 日的六个月内，该数据中心运营商的营收为 5.12 亿美元，净亏损 8190 万美元；而上年同期营收为 1.515 亿美元，净亏损 1350 万美元。
The data center operator had a net loss of $81.9 million on revenue of $512 million for the six months ended June 30, compared with a net loss of $13.5 million on revenue of $151.5 million in the corresponding period a year earlier, according to its filing Monday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
DayOne 曾是中国数据中心运营商万国数据控股有限公司（GDS Holdings Ltd.）的国际子公司，在去年品牌重塑之前曾被称为 GDS International。据彭博社此前报道，该公司在 8 月份秘密提交了赴美 IPO 申请，筹资额可能高达 50 亿美元，估值约为 200 亿美元。
Once an international affiliate of Chinese data center operator GDS Holdings Ltd., DayOne was previously known as GDS International before rebranding last year. The company filed confidentially in August for a US IPO that may seek to raise as much as $5 billion at a valuation of about $20 billion, Bloomberg News has reported.
这家数据中心运营商是最新一批计划最早于今年进行 IPO 的行业企业之一。知情人士透露，其他寻求上市的公司还包括估值（含债务）逼近 500 亿美元的 Switch Inc.，以及总部位于伦敦、可能筹集多达 30 亿美元的 Nscale。
The data center operator is part of a wave of firms in the sector eyeing IPOs as soon as this year. Others include Switch Inc., which is seeking a valuation approaching $50 billion including debt, and London-based Nscale, which could raise as much as $3 billion, people familiar with the matter have said.
DayOne 在 6 月完成了 45 亿美元的 C 轮融资，由其最大股东 Coatue Management 和高瓴资本（Hillhouse）领投，新投资者还包括 Achi Capital Partners 和印尼投资局（Indonesian Investment Authority）。
DayOne closed a $4.5 billion Series C funding round in June, led by its biggest shareholders, Coatue Management and Hillhouse, and also including new backers Achi Capital Partners and the Indonesian Investment Authority.
自 2022 年成立以来，DayOne 在亚太和欧洲地区已获得超过 1.5 吉瓦（GW）的容量预订。除了仍为其投资者的万国数据外，其支持者还包括软银愿景基金（SoftBank Vision Fund）以及城堡投资（Citadel）的肯·格里芬（Ken Griffin）。
Since its inception in 2022, DayOne has secured more than 1.5 gigawatts of bookings for capacity in Asia Pacific and Europe. Along with GDS, which remains an investor, its backers also include SoftBank Vision Fund and Citadel’s Ken Griffin.
其官网显示，DayOne 在新加坡、马来西亚、印尼、泰国、香港、东京和芬兰运营数据中心。
DayOne runs data centers in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Finland, its website shows.
此次发行由摩根士丹利、摩根大通、美国银行和花旗集团主导。该公司预计其美国存托凭证（ADR）将在纳斯达克股票市场交易，股票代码为“DODC”。
The offering is being led by Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. The company expects its American depositary receipts to trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol DODC.