AlphaTON Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: ATON) announced a $43 million AI hardware and financing agreement with Vertical Data Inc. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.

The partnership involves deploying a high-performance GPU cluster featuring NVIDIA B300 architecture. Financing will be provided through Vertical Data's GPUfinancing.com platform, offering AlphaTON asset-backed infrastructure growth with non-recourse financing.

"Vertical Data has been a consistent partner across multiple phases of this infrastructure project," said Brittany Kaiser, CEO of AlphaTON Capital. "This agreement is a vital step in scaling our compute capacity."

Deven Soni, CEO of Vertical Data, stated: "We are pleased to continue working with AlphaTON as they expand their AI infrastructure initiatives. This agreement reflects our approach to providing turnkey solutions, including AI infrastructure and financing."

The agreement includes managed infrastructure services beyond hardware procurement. AlphaTON develops privacy-preserving architectures and decentralized AI ecosystems while Vertical Data handles operational aspects of data center environments.

AlphaTON operates at the intersection of confidential compute, artificial intelligence and digital assets. The company works with partners including Telegram, Gamee, Animoca Brands, and Midnight Blockchain. Vertical Data develops AI infrastructure, GPU hardware procurement and financing, and edge data center development.

This expansion supports AlphaTON's work in developing secure AI applications and privacy-preserving computation infrastructure. The information is based on a press release statement from AlphaTON Capital.