Applied Digital Secures $2.35B in Senior Secured Notes, Advances HPC Expansion, and Announces Cloud Services Spin-off

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Applied Digital reported significant revenue growth, reduced net losses, and secured over $3 billion in new financing, including a $2.35 billion senior secured notes offering, to fuel its HPC data center expansion. The company also announced a strategic spin-off of its Cloud Services business into a new AI-focused entity.

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• Massive Capital Raise via Senior Secured Notes

  The company completed a private offering of $2.35 billion in 9.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2030, with net proceeds of approximately $1.9 billion after costs and repayment of the SMBC loan. This significantly increases long-term debt but provides substantial capital for HPC data center construction.

• Strategic Spin-off of Cloud Services Business

  Applied Digital entered into a non-binding term sheet to combine its Cloud Services Business with EKSO Bionics Holdings, Inc. to form ChronoScale Corporation, an accelerated compute platform for AI workloads. Applied Digital expects to initially own over 80% of the combined company.

• Significant HPC Data Center Expansion and New Leases

  The first 100MW HPC data center at Polaris Forge 1 became operational. New leases include an additional 150MW with CoreWeave at Polaris Forge 1 (totaling 400MW) and a 200MW lease with an investment-grade hyperscaler at the new Polaris Forge 2 campus.

• Additional Equity and Debt Financing

  The company raised $562.5 million from Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) through preferred unit sales in its HPC subsidiary, bringing total MAM funding to $900 million. It also issued $590 million in Series G Convertible Preferred Stock and raised $196.4 million through an At-the-Market common stock offering.

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Applied Digital has significantly bolstered its financial position and strategic direction, primarily through substantial capital raises and a planned spin-off of its Cloud Services business. The successful $2.35 billion Senior Secured Notes offering provides critical funding for the expansion of its high-performance compute (HPC) data centers, a key growth area. This, coupled with additional funding from Macquarie Asset Management and preferred stock issuances, demonstrates strong investor confidence in the company's long-term vision despite continued net losses. The proposed business combination of the Cloud Services segment into ChronoScale Corporation represents a strategic move to unlock value and focus on core AI workloads. While these financing activities introduce considerable debt and dilution, they are essential for funding the company's aggressive growth strategy in the high-demand AI and HPC sectors.