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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d)
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of Report (date of earliest event reported): June 1, 2026
Vertical
Data Inc.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada |
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000-56812 |
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99-2841705 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization) |
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(Commission
File
Number) |
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.) |
1980
Festival Plaza Drive, Suite 300
Las
Vegas, Nevada 89135
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
(888)
462-3453
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under
any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, par value $0.0001 par value
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
☒
Emerging growth company
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Item
8.01. Other Events.
On
June 1, 2026, Vertical Data Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the launch of Vertical Edge, an edge data
center platform through which the Company will hold direct equity ownership in the data center assets it sources, develops, leases and
manages across North America.
The
launch and implementation of Vertical Edge marks the completion of a three-platform model by the Company that integrates owned data center
infrastructure alongside its existing operating businesses. VerticalData.io is the Company’s enterprise GPU provisioning and managed
infrastructure business. GPUfinancing.com is its structured GPU financing platform. Vertical Edge is the data center ownership platform.
Together, these three platforms will seamlessly deliver GPU hardware, financing and the physical facilities to house them under one company.
A
copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number |
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Exhibit
Description |
| 99.1 |
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Press
Release issued by Vertical Data Inc. dated June 1, 2026 |
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Cover
Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
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SIGNATURES
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| Date:
June 1, 2026 |
ELYS
GAME TECHNOLOGY, CORP. |
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VERTICAL
DATA INC. |
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By:
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/s/
Deven Soni |
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Name:
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Deven
Soni |
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Title:
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Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit
99.1
Vertical
Data Launches Vertical Edge, a North American Edge Data Center Platform
Equity
Ownership Across North American Data Centers Advances Vertical Data’s Fully Integrated AI Infrastructure Platform
LAS
VEGAS, NV / ACCESS Newswire / June 1, 2026 / Vertical Data Inc. (OTCQB:VDTA) (“Vertical Data” or the “Company”),
operator of VerticalData.io and GPUfinancing.com, today announced the launch of Vertical Edge, an edge data center platform through which
the Company will hold direct equity ownership in the data center assets it sources, develops, leases and manages across North America.
The
launch and implementation of Vertical Edge marks the completion of a three-platform model by Vertical Data that integrates owned data
center infrastructure alongside its existing operating businesses. VerticalData.io is the Company’s enterprise GPU provisioning
and managed infrastructure business. GPUfinancing.com is its structured GPU financing platform. Vertical Edge is the data center ownership
platform. Together, these three platforms will seamlessly deliver GPU hardware, financing and the physical facilities to house them under
one company.
A
Platform Built Around Ownership
Vertical
Edge is developing a network of edge data centers near major North American metropolitan areas, targeting sites with existing power agreements
and a clear path to revenue within 12 to 24 months. The platform intends to pursue retrofits, new builds and acquisitions, with an active
pipeline of sites under evaluation across multiple markets.
The
Company’s first Vertical Edge project is in active development, with additional sites in the pipeline at varying stages of evaluation
and negotiation. Site selection criteria prioritize power availability, proximity to enterprise demand centers and speed to deployment.
These are the factors that differentiate edge facilities from large-scale hyperscale campuses and positions Vertical Edge to serve the
growing segment of AI and enterprise workloads that require low-latency, regionally distributed compute.
The
Strategic Logic: Owning What You Build
Through
VerticalData.io, we believe the Company has built a proven capability in GPU provisioning and managed infrastructure services for enterprises,
financial institutions and government customers. Through GPUfinancing.com, the Company has developed structured financing products purpose-built
for GPU deployments, enabling customers to acquire and scale compute infrastructure without large upfront capital commitments.
Vertical
Edge closes the loop. By owning the data center facilities that house the GPU infrastructure it provisions and finances, we believe that
Vertical Data will position itself to capture asset value across the full infrastructure stack rather than generating fees alone. Existing
GPUfinancing.com customers and VerticalData.io enterprise customers are expected to be natural candidates for capacity within Vertical
Edge facilities, creating a built-in demand channel that strengthens the economics of each new site.
This
integrated model across hardware, financing, and owned facilities positions Vertical Data as a differentiated platform in the AI infrastructure
market, where most participants operate in only one layer of the stack.
“The
launch of Vertical Edge is the natural next step in building Vertical Data into a fully integrated AI infrastructure platform,”
said Deven Soni, CEO of Vertical Data. “We provision GPUs through VerticalData.io. We finance them through GPUfinancing.com.
Now, with Vertical Edge, we will own the facilities that house them. We expect that integration will create a durable competitive advantage.
Our financing customers need a place to land their hardware, and our data center customers need GPU supply and financing. We built the
platform to serve both. We have an active pipeline of sites under evaluation and intend to expand Vertical Edge as a recognized edge
data center network across North America.”
Vertical
Edge’s site selection and network strategy are central to the platform’s differentiation. The Company evaluates fiber routing,
interconnection density and proximity to enterprise demand as core criteria for each new site, in addition to power and physical capacity.
“Edge
computing performance depends on network design as much as physical capacity,” said Dave Crowley, Network and Site Evaluation.
“At Vertical Edge, we are selecting sites with direct access to major fiber routes, carrier-neutral interconnection points and
dark fiber connectivity. Combined with direct ownership of the underlying data center assets, this approach is designed to support the
latency and throughput requirements of AI and real-time enterprise workloads.”
About
Vertical Data Inc.
Vertical
Data Inc. is an AI infrastructure platform focused on the development and operation of high-density data centers and the financing and
deployment of GPU-based compute infrastructure. The Company integrates hardware procurement, structured financing, managed services,
and data center ownership to support large-scale AI deployments for enterprises, financial institutions, and government customers. Vertical
Data’s strategy is to use financing as a catalyst to originate deployments while building long-term asset value through owned infrastructure.
For more information, https://verticaldata.io/investor-relations/
Investor
Relations Contact:
Meyling
Castillo Rios
Vertical
Data Inc.
Email:
meyling@verticaldata.io
Website:
verticaldata.io/investor-relations
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
press release contains statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Many of
the forward-looking statements contained in this press release can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as “anticipate,”
“believe,” “could,” “expect,” “should,” “plan,” “intend,” “may,”
“predict,” “continue,” “estimate” and “potential,” or the negative of these terms or
other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements appear in a number of places in this press release and include, but are not limited
to, statements regarding Vertical Data’s intent to target data center sites with existing power agreements and a clear path to
revenue within 12 to 24 months of investment, the Company’s first Vertical Edge project is in active development, with additional
sites in the pipeline at varying stages of evaluation and negotiation and the Company intends to expand Vertical Edge as a recognized
edge data center network across North America. These statements are based on current assumptions and expectations and involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Such risks include, but are not limited
to, market conditions, availability of capital, the option to expand capacity within the same facility, execution risks, the Company’s
ability to execute scalable GPU infrastructure agreements, AI compute continues to accelerate and other factors beyond the Company’s
control. These risks should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read together with the other cautionary statements included
in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2025, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended December
31, 2025 and March 31, 2026, as well as subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it was initially made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update
or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise, unless
required by law.
SOURCE:
Vertical Data Inc.
