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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-21-119760
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210927
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210927
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210927

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			21Vianet Group, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001508475
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, DATA PROCESSING, ETC. [7370]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35126
		FILM NUMBER:		211281507

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		M5, 1JIUXIANQIAO EAST ROAD
		STREET 2:		Chaoyang District
		CITY:			Beijing
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			100016
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(86 10) 8456-2121

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		M5, 1JIUXIANQIAO EAST ROAD
		STREET 2:		Chaoyang District
		CITY:			Beijing
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			100016

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	21 Vianet Group, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20101221
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UNDER</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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2021</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>21Vianet Group, Inc.</B></P>

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1st Floor<BR>
10# Jiuxianqiao East Road</B></P>

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Republic of China</B></P>

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files or will file annual reports under cover of Form&nbsp;20-F&nbsp;or Form&nbsp;40-F.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white">Form&nbsp;20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form&nbsp;40-F&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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submitting the Form&nbsp;6-K&nbsp;in paper as permitted by Regulation&nbsp;S-T&nbsp;Rule 101(b)(1):&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</P>

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submitting the Form&nbsp;6-K&nbsp;in paper as permitted by Regulation&nbsp;S-T&nbsp;Rule 101(b)(7):&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 to this Current
Report on Form 6-K are hereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement on Form F-3 of 21Vianet Group, Inc. (File
No. 333-240044) and shall form a part thereof from the date on which this Current Report is furnished, to the extent not superseded
by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.</P>

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<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2128409d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">99.1</FONT></A></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt; background-color: white">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.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>21Vianet Announces Change in Leadership Team</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">BEIJING, September 25, 2021 -- 21Vianet Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: VNET)
(&quot;21Vianet&quot; or the &quot;Company&quot;), a leading carrier- and cloud-neutral Internet data center services provider in China,
today announced that Mr. Chunfeng Cai, the Company&rsquo;s Chief Operating Officer (&ldquo;COO&rdquo;), has decided to resign from his
current post and leave the Company due to personal reasons, effective on October 1, 2021.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Samuel Shen, the Company&rsquo;s Chief Executive Officer, stated: <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">&ldquo;The
company and I would like to thank Chunfeng for his contributions over the past few years. We appreciate his dedication to 21Vianet, as
his leadership played a pivotal part in the Company&rsquo;s transition to the dual-core strategy in both retail and wholesale IDC markets.
We wish him nothing but the very best in the future.&rdquo;&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>About 21Vianet</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">21Vianet Group, Inc. is a leading carrier- and cloud-neutral Internet
data center services provider in China. 21Vianet provides hosting and related services, including IDC services, cloud services, and business
VPN services to improve the reliability, security and speed of its customers' Internet infrastructure. Customers may locate their servers
and equipment in 21Vianet's data centers and connect to China's Internet backbone. 21Vianet operates in more than 20 cities throughout
China, servicing a diversified and loyal base of over 6,000 hosting and related enterprise customers that span numerous industries ranging
from Internet companies to government entities and blue-chip enterprises to small- to mid-sized enterprises.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Safe Harbor Statement </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements are made under the &quot;safe harbor&quot; provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements
can be identified by terminology such as &quot;will,&quot; &quot;expects,&quot; &quot;anticipates,&quot; &quot;future,&quot; &quot;intends,&quot;
 &quot;plans,&quot; &ldquo;target,&rdquo; &quot;believes,&quot; &quot;estimates&quot; and similar statements. Among other things, quotations
from management in this announcement as well as 21Vianet's strategic and operational plans contain forward-looking statements. 21Vianet
may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its reports filed with, or furnished to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, in its annual reports to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers,
directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about 21Vianet's beliefs and expectations,
are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: 21Vianet's
goals and strategies; 21Vianet's expansion plans; the expected growth of the data center services market; expectations regarding demand
for, and market acceptance of, 21Vianet's services; 21Vianet's expectations regarding keeping and strengthening its relationships with
customers; 21Vianet's plans to invest in research and development to enhance its solution and service offerings; and general economic
and business conditions in the regions where 21Vianet provides solutions and services. Further information regarding these and other risks
is included in 21Vianet's reports filed with, or furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this
press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and 21Vianet undertakes no duty to update such information,
except as required under applicable law.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Investor Relations Contacts:</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Xinyuan Liu<BR>
+86 10 8456 2121<BR>
<U>IR@21Vianet.com</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Julia Jiang<BR>
+86 10 8456 2121<BR>
<U>IR@21Vianet.com</U></P>



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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Exhibit
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">21Vianet Wins 5A Green Data
Center Ratings and Further Promotes Carbon Reduction</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">BEIJING, September 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 21Vianet Group, Inc.
(Nasdaq: VNET) (&quot;21Vianet&quot; or the &quot;Company&quot;), a leading carrier- and cloud-neutral Internet data center services provider
in China, today announced that its Boxing data center in Beijing and Nantong data center in Jiangsu province were awarded as the 5A Green
Data Centers for their operations, which is the highest rating of data centers in China, at the 2021 Open Data Center Summit hosted by
the Open Data Center Committee (ODCC) on September 15, 2021. Its Foshan Data Center was also presented with the &quot;Innovative Data
Center for Carbon Emission Reduction&#8221; award at the ceremony.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The rating of data centers is jointly carried out by the Press and
Publicity Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology
(CAICT), the Open Data Center Committee (ODCC), and the Green Grid Committee (TGGC). Through this work, these organizations aim to evaluate
and score data centers comprehensively from various dimensions of energy efficiency, energy-saving technology, green management and innovations.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Mr. Samuel Shen, the Company&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer and Executive
Chairman of Retail IDC, commented, &quot;In response to the central government&#8217;s long-term carbon goals for 2030 and 2060, we will
continue to build a green development framework based on our industry-leading technologies. We remain dedicated to building green data
centers and advancing towards our long-term low-carbon emission goals.&quot;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>About 21Vianet</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">21Vianet Group, Inc. is a leading carrier- and cloud-neutral Internet
data center services provider in China. 21Vianet provides hosting and related services, including IDC services, cloud services, and business
VPN services to improve the reliability, security and speed of its customers' Internet infrastructure. Customers may locate their servers
and equipment in 21Vianet's data centers and connect to China's Internet backbone. 21Vianet operates in more than 20 cities throughout
China, servicing a diversified and loyal base of over 6,000 hosting and related enterprise customers that span numerous industries ranging
from Internet companies to government entities and blue-chip enterprises to small- to mid-sized enterprises.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Safe Harbor Statement</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements are made under the &quot;safe harbor&quot; provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements
can be identified by terminology such as &quot;will,&quot; &quot;expects,&quot; &quot;anticipates,&quot; &quot;future,&quot; &quot;intends,&quot;
 &quot;plans,&quot; &#8220;target,&#8221; &quot;believes,&quot; &quot;estimates&quot; and similar statements. Among other things, quotations
from management in this announcement as well as 21Vianet's strategic and operational plans contain forward-looking statements. 21Vianet
may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its reports filed with, or furnished to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, in its annual reports to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers,
directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about 21Vianet's beliefs and expectations,
are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: 21Vianet's
goals and strategies; 21Vianet's expansion plans; the expected growth of the data center services market; expectations regarding demand
for, and market acceptance of, 21Vianet's services; 21Vianet's expectations regarding keeping and strengthening its relationships with
customers; 21Vianet's plans to invest in research and development to enhance its solution and service offerings; and general economic
and business conditions in the regions where 21Vianet provides solutions and services. Further information regarding these and other risks
is included in 21Vianet's reports filed with, or furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this
press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and 21Vianet undertakes no duty to update such information,
except as required under applicable law.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Xinyuan Liu<BR>
+86 10 8456 2121<BR>
<U>IR@21Vianet.com</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Julia Jiang<BR>
+86 10 8456 2121<BR>
<U>IR@21Vianet.com</U></P>

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