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The USCTD news page aggregates company announcements and transaction-related updates tied to Roth CH Acquisition Co. and its proposed business combination with Sharon AI, Inc. Roth CH is described as a blank check shell company domiciled in the Cayman Islands that intends to complete a reverse merger with Sharon AI, a High-Performance Computing business focused on Artificial Intelligence, cloud GPU compute infrastructure and data storage.
News releases associated with USCTD provide detail on Sharon AI’s activities as Australia’s leading Neocloud and sovereign GPU cloud provider. These updates cover GPU Compute-as-a-Service deployments in Tier IV data centers, the Sharon AI Supercluster in Melbourne, and the company’s AI Platform, which is described as supporting retrieval-augmented generation and inference engines for developers, enterprises, research institutions and government users.
Investors and observers can use this news feed to follow developments in Sharon AI’s large-scale infrastructure projects, including the Texas Critical Data Centers joint venture in Ector County, Texas, which is working on an intended multi-hundred megawatt AI and high-performance computing data center campus. Additional news items describe partnerships with NEXTDC, Megaport and VAST Data, as well as research collaborations with the University of New South Wales on advanced AI workloads.
By reviewing the USCTD news stream, readers can track how the proposed business combination is framed in official communications, how Sharon AI presents its GPUaaS and data center strategy, and how joint ventures and technology partnerships are progressing over time.
SHARON AI (USCTD) announced on December 3, 2025 that Mr Ross Barrows will join as Head of Capital Strategy & Investor Relations. Barrows brings over 25 years of capital markets and digital infrastructure experience, including roles as Head of Technology Research at Wilsons Advisory and leader of Small Cap Equity Research at Citigroup.
The company said Barrows will support SHARON AI's growth and its planned transition from private to public status. SHARON AI previously announced a Business Combination Agreement with Roth CH Acquisition Co. (OTC: USCTF).
SHARON AI (OTC:USCTD) and joint venture Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC) expanded its intended West Texas 1GW+ data center campus by adding 203 contiguous acres, bringing the development footprint to 438 acres. The JV is 50/50 with New Era Energy & Digital and previously announced a business combination with Roth CH Acquisition Co.
TCDC said initial 400MW is expected to be available in 2027, subject to customer offtake. The company plans phase one construction in 2026 and is advancing engineering, master site planning, power interconnection studies, grid applications, and civil development. The operational model targets recurring revenue from long‑term leases, energy sales, powered land/shell deals and flexible commercial structures for hyperscale AI labs and large enterprises.
SHARON AI (USCTD) announced a 50MW capacity expansion agreement with NEXTDC across its Australian and Asia-Pacific data center network on November 3, 2025.
The agreement adds access to data center availability that can accommodate over 20,000 NVIDIA B200, B300 or GB300 GPUs, builds on SHARON AI’s existing Supercluster in NEXTDC’s M3 Tier IV Melbourne facility, and is described as enabling sovereign, high-density GPU capacity for enterprise, government and research customers across the region.
SHARON AI (USCTD) said its 50/50 joint venture Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC) retained Ramboll Data Center Facilities for full-site engineering and design of a flagship AI data center campus on an intended 438-acre site in Ector County near Odessa, Texas.
The scope covers site engineering, powered shell design and advanced electrical systems linking on-site power islands (initially an intended 400 MW natural-gas generation with potential expansion to 1 GW) and the regional grid, targeting high-density compute and improved Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE).
SHARON AI (OTC: USCTF) on October 15, 2025 announced a major upgrade to its AI Platform that adds enterprise-grade RAG and an Inference Engine.
The platform offers one-click deployment of popular AI/ML research tools, enterprise multi-tenancy and security, and one-click access to large language models as endpoints for agents, chatbots, and developer tools. The RAG and Inference Engine run on SHARON AI’s AI Grid, currently deployed in Sydney and Melbourne, with other centers (including Auckland) expected to follow. The stack is powered by NVIDIA AI Enterprise, NIM microservices, and NVIDIA AI blueprints. The company also announced entry into a Business Combination Agreement with Roth CH Acquisition Co.
SHARON AI (USCTF) launched a sovereign supercluster at NEXTDC’s Tier IV M3 data center in Melbourne and integrated VAST Data’s InsightEngine to deliver secure, production-ready AI for Australian enterprise and government on October 13, 2025.
The VAST InsightEngine provides end-to-end ingestion, embedding, indexing and low-latency vector/hybrid search for RAG and agentic workflows, with unified governance, encryption, policy controls and auditability. Initial workloads include UNSW research on reasoning, fine-tuning LLMs, and high-resolution weather forecasting.
SHARON AI (USCTF) has announced a strategic collaboration with Megaport Ltd. (ASX: MP1) to enhance its global connectivity offerings. The partnership enables SHARON AI to provide private cloud connections to customers across 1000+ data centers in 26 countries.
Through this collaboration, customers can access connectivity options including AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, and AARNet, while building secure private links between SHARON AI workloads and their locations. The partnership integrates SHARON AI as the first Australian company on Megaport's AI Exchange, offering high-speed connectivity capabilities of 100Gbps and beyond.
SHARON AI (OTC:USCTF) announced significant developments for its joint venture, Texas Critical Data Centers LLC (TCDC), regarding a planned 250MW AI data center project in Ector County, Texas. The company has signed two key non-binding Letters of Intent:
1. An agreement with a prospective global enterprise customer for land acquisition and power purchase of up to 250 megawatts for AI compute infrastructure.
2. A planned acquisition of 203 additional acres through Grow Odessa, bringing the total to 438 acres. TCDC expects to finalize the acquisition of the initial 235 acres this month.
The project has also received a proposal for natural gas transportation services from a nearby pipeline operator, with ongoing site due diligence and air permit planning in progress.
Sharon AI has announced plans to deploy one of Australia's most advanced energy-efficient accelerated cloud computing infrastructures. The company, which recently entered a Business Combination Agreement with Roth CH Acquisition Co. (OTC:USCTF), will implement a 1016 GPU cluster called the 'Sharon AI Supercluster' at NEXTDC's Tier IV data center in Melbourne.
The first phase of deployment will feature NVIDIA H200 GPUs, expected to be operational in Q2 2025, building upon Sharon AI's existing fleet of NVIDIA H100, L40s, and A40 GPUs. The infrastructure will utilize NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking and the VAST Data Platform, integrated with Lenovo ThinkSystem SR680a V3 servers.
The Supercluster will integrate with the Sharon AI Cloud, offering GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) capabilities for AI training, fine-tuning, inferencing of generative AI, large language models, and VFX rendering. The platform will provide both on-demand and reserved cloud offerings, along with popular software tools and pre-optimized containers.
Sharon AI and New Era Helium (NEHC) have announced a Letter of Intent to acquire a 200-acre site in Ector County, Texas, for developing a 250MW Net-Zero Energy AI/HPC Data Center. The joint venture signed a non-binding LOI with GROW Odessa, targeting site acquisition within 90 days.
The project features strategic advantages including proximity to fiber optic cables, natural gas transmission lines, and CO₂ pipeline infrastructure. The initial phase is expected to launch in late 2026, with a natural gas supply contract with New Era Helium planned for Q2 2025.
Key upcoming milestones include site entitlements, selection of power generation and CO2 capture technology, appointment of technology partners, and discussions with potential offtake partners. The project aims to leverage Carbon Capture Utilization Storage (CCUS) via enhanced oil recovery, capitalizing on Ector County's existing CO2 infrastructure.