Corvex Announces Significant Data Center Expansion; Increasing Current Capacity 5x with Contracted Path to 13x

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Corvex (Nasdaq: MOVE) announced a major expansion of its AI data center footprint, planning to increase critical IT power capacity from approximately 1.5 MW to about 8 MW by year-end 2026 across its Mid-Atlantic site and a new Midwest deployment, both targeted to be ready for service in Q4 2026. The company expects to support about 3,000 latest-generation GPUs and anticipates revenue from these expansions beginning in Q1 2027.

Corvex also secured a right of first refusal on 12.5 MW of additional Midwest capacity, which could lift total critical IT power to more than 20 MW, subject to multiple conditions. A $33 million PIPE financing of common and Series D preferred stock at $7.75 per as-converted share is expected to raise pro forma cash to approximately $55 million and fund the build-out plus development of its Token Factory and Assured AI platforms.

Positive

• Critical IT power capacity targeted to rise from ~1.5 MW to ~8 MW by end of 2026
• Right of first refusal on additional 12.5 MW at Midwest site, with potential total capacity above 20 MW
• GPU fleet expansion to approximately 3,000 latest-generation GPUs across two U.S. data centers
• $33 million PIPE financing expected, raising pro forma cash to about $55 million from $22 million
• 4.258 million as-converted common restricted shares to be issued at $7.75 per share
• Revenue from new capacity expected to begin in Q1 2027, per company expectations

Negative

• Issuance of approximately 4.258 million as-converted common restricted shares creates equity dilution for existing shareholders
• Additional 12.5 MW Midwest expansion is subject to capital, customer commitments, and permits, with no assurance it will be pursued or completed
• Company notes no assurance that multi-year, take-or-pay GPU-as-a-Service customer agreements will be executed on described terms

News Explained

The financing’s ownership dilution is agreed in structure, while its shares and cash remain conditional on the expected September 2 closing.

Corvex has executed definitive agreements for the two data-center deployments and agreed to issue 4.258 million as-converted common restricted shares through the financing; if issued, that added share count would reduce existing holders’ percentage ownership absent offsetting changes.

Although the company describes the $33 million private placement as secured, it says the transaction is expected to close on or about September 2, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. A private placement is a sale to selected investors outside a public offering; the securities are unregistered initially, and Corvex has agreed to file a resale-registration statement.

The $33 million gross proceeds, before fees and expenses, equal 569.4 days of the last reported quarterly operating cash use at that historical rate. For the same historical-rate comparison, $21.695 million of cash and equivalents reported at June 30, 2026, equal 374.3 days. This makes the planned gross proceeds larger than the reported cash baseline on that comparison, but the proceeds are not available until the financing closes.

A material follow-through item is customer contracting: discussions have commenced, but the company says there is no assurance that a customer agreement will be entered into or on what terms, pricing, or duration.

Sources and calculations

• Corvex data center expansion and private placement announcement (2026-08-31)
• Dilution definition (2026-07-17)
• Private placement / PIPE definition (2026-07-17)
• Second-quarter 2026 fundamentals (2026Q2)

• Offering gross against the last reported quarterly operating outflow, in days at that rate $33,000,000 / ($5,274,000 / 91) = 569.4 days
• Available liquidity against the last reported quarterly operating outflow, in days at that rate $21,695,000 / ($5,274,000 / 91) = 374.3 days

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Key Figures

Current critical IT capacity: 1.5 MW Year-end critical IT capacity: 8 MW Additional expansion opportunity: 12.5 MW +5 more

Current critical IT capacity

1.5 MW

Existing capacity before expansion

Year-end critical IT capacity

8 MW

Expected by year-end 2026

Additional expansion opportunity

12.5 MW

Midwest site right of first refusal

Potential total capacity

More than 20 MW

Conditional on exercising the right of first refusal

Additional GPUs

Approximately 3,000 GPUs

Across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic data centers

Private placement proceeds

$33 million

Expected gross proceeds before fees and expenses

Pro forma cash

$55 million

Compared with $22 million reported as of June 30, 2026

PIPE share issuance

4.258 million shares at $7.75 per share

As-converted common restricted stock

Historical Context

5 past events · Latest: Aug 28

5 events

1. Aug 28

   Infrastructure leadership appointment

   24h Move

   +3.0%

   Appointed infrastructure leader to support data-center sourcing, power access, and GPU deployment

2. Aug 14

   Second-quarter earnings

   24h Move

   -13.3%

   Reported quarterly loss and negative adjusted EBITDA despite contracted annualized live-compute revenue

3. Aug 12

   Earnings call scheduling

   24h Move

   +2.8%

   Scheduled second-quarter earnings call and business update for August 14

4. Aug 04

   GPU infrastructure agreement

   24h Move

   +27.6%

   Signed multi-year agreement to provide NVIDIA Blackwell GPU clusters and related infrastructure

5. Jul 15

   Architecture leadership appointment

   24h Move

   -6.0%

   Appointed infrastructure veteran to lead architecture and site operations for AI Factory activities

24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.

Key Terms

private placement, take-or-pay, managed Kubernetes, PIPE, +1 more

5 terms

private placement financial

"The expansion will be funded with proceeds from a private placement of common stock"

A private placement is a sale of securities directly to a selected group of investors, typically institutions or accredited investors, instead of through a public offering. It lets a company raise money faster and with fewer regulatory steps; for existing shareholders it matters because the newly issued shares, often sold at a discount, increase the share count and can dilute their ownership.

take-or-pay financial

"secure multi-year, take-or-pay commitments at prevailing market rates"

A take-or-pay clause is a contract term that requires a buyer to either take delivery of an agreed amount of a product or pay a penalty if they do not. For investors, it matters because it creates predictable revenue for the seller—like a subscription fee that must be paid whether fully used or not—reducing sales volatility but also introducing counterparty risk if the buyer’s ability to pay is uncertain.

managed Kubernetes technical

"available as bare metal or with a managed Kubernetes orchestration layer"

Managed Kubernetes is a cloud service where a provider runs, maintains, and updates the Kubernetes container-orchestration system for customers, taking care of the control plane, patches, backups, and basic infrastructure. It matters to investors because companies that adopt managed Kubernetes can deploy and scale software more quickly with lower in-house operations overhead, shifting capital outlays into predictable service fees and affecting software delivery speed, cost structure, and potential vendor dependency—like renting a well-maintained apartment instead of owning the building.

PIPE financial

"Series D Preferred Stock ("PIPE") led by Goldman Sachs"

A PIPE (private investment in public equity) is a deal in which institutional or accredited investors buy shares or convertible securities directly from a publicly traded company, usually at a discount to the market price. Companies use PIPEs to raise money faster than through a traditional public offering; for existing shareholders they matter because the newly issued shares add to the share count and can dilute ownership.

SOC 2 Type II regulatory

"operated on a platform that is SOC 2 Type II certified"

A SOC 2 Type II report is an independent audit that verifies a company’s operational controls for protecting customer data work effectively over a sustained period, not just at a single point in time. Think of it like a multi-month health inspection for a business’s data practices: it reassures customers and investors that systems are managed reliably, lowering the risk of breaches, service interruptions, and regulatory or liability costs.

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Critical IT capacity expected to increase more than five times from approximately 1.5 MW to approximately 8 MW by year-end 2026

Right of first refusal on an additional 12.5 MW expansion opportunity at the Midwest site provides potential pathway to more than 20 MW of total critical IT capacity, resulting in 13x increase to existing capacity

Expansion expected to support approximately 3,000 additional latest-generation GPUs across two U.S. data centers

$33 million private placement secured to fund expansion plans; expected to increase pro forma cash and cash equivalents to approximately $55 million compared to $22 million reported as of June 30, 2026

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Corvex, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOVE), an engineering-led AI computing platform specializing in secure, GPU-accelerated infrastructure for AI workloads, today announced a more than fivefold increase in its critical IT power capacity, with the ability to scale to 13 times its current critical IT power capacity. The expansion involves doubling capacity at the Company's existing Mid-Atlantic data center and establishing operations at a second existing enterprise-scale data center in the Midwest. Together, the deployments are expected to increase Corvex's critical IT power capacity from approximately 1.5 MW today to approximately 8 MW by the end of 2026. Both sites are expected to be ready for service in the fourth quarter of 2026. The Company anticipates generating revenue from these expansions starting in the first quarter of 2027.

The deployments are expected to bring approximately 2,000 latest-generation GPUs online at the Midwest site, with approximately 1,000 additional GPUs at the Mid-Atlantic site. Both clusters have been designed around published vendor reference architectures for these platforms and will be made available as bare metal or with a managed Kubernetes orchestration layer.

Corvex has secured a right of first refusal on an additional 12.5 MW of critical IT power capacity at the Midwest site, which is anticipated to be ready for service in the third quarter of 2027, and will market that capacity to prospective customers. The expansion can be designed around a customer's needs. If Corvex exercises its right of first refusal and contracts for that capacity, total critical IT power capacity could exceed 20 MW. This expansion is subject to, among other things, capital availability, customer commitments, equipment delivery, utility energization and local permitting, and there can be no assurance that this expansion will be pursued or completed.

"The scarce input in AI infrastructure is energized power inside a finished building. We have secured more than five times as much of it, with the right to scale to more than 20 megawatts in 2027," said Jay Crystal, co-CEO and co-founder of Corvex.

Corvex recently commenced discussions with potential customers to match this new capacity with demand from its existing pipeline and new customers introduced through partner co-selling initiatives. Based on initial discussions and current market conditions, the Company believes there is an opportunity to secure multi-year, take-or-pay commitments at prevailing market rates for long-term GPU-as-a-Service contracts. These arrangements may also include high-throughput storage and CPU compute services, creating additional revenue opportunities beyond GPU capacity. There can be no assurance that any customer agreement will be entered into, or that any such agreement would be on the terms, at the pricing or of the duration described above.

Corvex has executed definitive agreements for both the Mid-Atlantic expansion and the new Midwest site. Both deployments sit within existing enterprise data center facilities with live utility power, which can shorten deployment timelines and reduce development risk relative to greenfield construction.

The expansion will be funded with proceeds from a private placement of common stock and Series D Preferred Stock ("PIPE") led by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer & Co. acting as Joint Lead Placement Agents. The transaction is expected to generate approximately $33 million in gross proceeds, before fees and expenses. Corvex entered into a securities purchase agreement with strategic institutional and accredited investors to issue 4.258 million shares of as-converted common restricted stock at a purchase price of $7.75 per share. The transaction is expected to close on or about September 2, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Corvex intends to use the proceeds to fund the expansion of its critical IT power capacity and continued development of its Amplified AI Cloud platform, Token Factory and Assured AI offerings.

A portion of the PIPE proceeds will accelerate development of the Corvex Token Factory offering, currently in closed alpha. The Corvex Token Factory is being designed to give customers reliable, scalable access via API to high-performing open-source models, all with a zero data retention policy and operated on a platform that is SOC 2 Type II certified, with support for HIPAA compliance. Proceeds will also fund continued development of Assured AI, the Company's secure computing platform designed around a zero-trust architecture that is built to protect privacy-sensitive inference requests and customer model weights. Corvex plans to integrate Assured AI into its Token Factory to offer differentiated privacy and security.

"As inference volumes grow, enterprises are paying much closer attention to the cost of serving AI at scale. Token Factory is built to address that cost by offering near-frontier performance on most enterprise workloads at a fraction of the price per million tokens of frontier proprietary models," said Seth Demsey, co-CEO and co-founder of Corvex. "The differentiation will be in the infrastructure and security layer beneath the API. Integrating our Assured AI security capabilities directly into the inference platform gives customers a way to combine lower-cost inference with greater control over sensitive prompts and model weights."

About Corvex, Inc.
Corvex, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOVE) is an AI cloud computing company specializing in GPU-accelerated infrastructure for AI workloads, and a publicly traded pure-play AI compute platform. The company provides secure, scalable and cost-efficient compute resources through GPU-accelerated clusters, high-throughput storage and a layered architecture engineered for reliability, performance and efficiency at scale. Corvex's product suite includes AI Factories and GPU Clusters, the Assured AI confidential-computing platform, as well as the Corvex Token Factory, an inference platform currently in closed alpha. For more information, visit corvex.ai.

Notice Regarding the Securities
The securities to be issued in the PIPE have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws, and are being offered and sold in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder. Such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. Corvex has agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register the resale of the shares issued in the PIPE. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are based upon current expectations or beliefs, as well as assumptions about future events. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and can generally be identified by terms such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potentially," "seek," "should," "target," "will" or "would" or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to product capabilities, customer deployment, business strategy, growth plans and objectives for future operations, the anticipated closing of the PIPE, the expected use of proceeds, anticipated power and customer-readiness dates, expected megawatt capacity and expansion options, and statements regarding anticipated customer offtake agreements, contract duration, pricing and attach opportunities. Actual results could differ materially as a result of, among other factors: the failure to satisfy closing conditions; the Company's inability to enter into customer offtake agreements at all, or on the duration, pricing or take-or-pay terms it anticipates; changes in prevailing market pricing for GPU-as-a-Service capacity; delays in GPU and long-lead equipment delivery; delays in utility energization or interconnection; local zoning, permitting and moratorium risk affecting expansion phases at either site; the Company's dependence on third-party site partners and the execution of definitive agreements with them; the Company's ability to obtain or maintain partner certifications and co-selling support; and the Company's limited operating history. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements due to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the risks and uncertainties described in the Company's SEC reports, and under the heading "Risk Factors" in its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which are available at www.sec.gov and in other filings the Company makes and will make with the SEC. The forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date of this press release. Except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.

Media Contact
Chris Donahoe, Stillpoint
corvex.media@stillpointglobaladvisors.com

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How much will Corvex (NASDAQ: MOVE) increase its data center capacity by 2026?

Corvex plans to expand critical IT power from about 1.5 MW to approximately 8 MW by year-end 2026. According to Corvex, this more than fivefold increase spans its Mid-Atlantic expansion and a new Midwest deployment, both expected ready for service in the fourth quarter of 2026.

What is the total potential data center capacity for Corvex (MOVE) after the Midwest right of first refusal?

Corvex’s right of first refusal covers an extra 12.5 MW of Midwest capacity, potentially lifting total critical IT power above 20 MW. According to Corvex, this additional capacity is anticipated to be ready for service in the third quarter of 2027, subject to multiple conditions and no assurance of completion.

How many GPUs will Corvex’s expanded data centers support by 2027?

Corvex expects the expansions to support about 3,000 latest-generation GPUs across two U.S. data centers. According to Corvex, roughly 2,000 GPUs are planned for the Midwest site and about 1,000 additional GPUs for the Mid-Atlantic site, offered as bare metal or with managed Kubernetes.

When does Corvex (MOVE) expect to start generating revenue from its new data center capacity?

Corvex anticipates generating revenue from the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest expansions starting in the first quarter of 2027. According to Corvex, both facilities are expected to be ready for service in the fourth quarter of 2026, enabling subsequent ramp-up of GPU-as-a-Service and related offerings.

What are the key terms of Corvex’s $33 million PIPE financing for ticker MOVE?

Corvex entered a PIPE financing expected to raise about $33 million in gross proceeds from common and Series D preferred stock. According to Corvex, 4.258 million as-converted common restricted shares will be sold at $7.75 per share, with closing targeted on or about September 2, 2026.

How will the Corvex (MOVE) PIPE affect its cash position and growth plans?

The PIPE is expected to increase Corvex’s pro forma cash and equivalents to roughly $55 million, up from $22 million. According to Corvex, proceeds will fund expansion of critical IT power capacity and continued development of its Amplified AI Cloud, Token Factory, and Assured AI offerings.

What is Corvex Token Factory and how does it relate to Assured AI?

Corvex Token Factory is an inference platform in closed alpha designed to provide API access to high-performing open-source models. According to Corvex, PIPE proceeds will accelerate Token Factory and integrate Assured AI security, offering zero data retention and SOC 2 Type II operation with HIPAA support.