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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

October 2020

Commission File Number: 001-37925

GDS Holdings Limited

(Registrant’s name)

F4/F5,Building C, Sunland International

999 Zhouhai Road

Pudong, Shanghai 200137

People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F Form 40-F 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K on paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K on paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): 

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

All exhibits to this current report on Form 6-K are incorporated by reference into the registration statement on Form F-3 of GDS Holdings Limited (File No. 333-222659), and shall be a part thereof from the date on which this report is furnished, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.

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EXHIBITS

Exhibit 23.1—Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Exhibit 99.1—Consolidated Financial Statements

EX-101.INS XBRL Taxonomy Instance Document

EX-101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

EX-101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document

EX-101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

EX-101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document

EX-101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

GDS Holdings Limited

Date: October 19, 2020

By:

/s/ William Wei Huang

Name:

William Wei Huang

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

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