New York, January 13, 2026, 03:54 AM ET — The market has closed.
- Shares surged after Monday’s close following AlphaTON’s announcement of a major AI infrastructure acquisition
- The company said the deal is backed by a combination of cash, non-recourse debt, and equity installments
- Investors are focused on February deliveries and whether revenue begins as scheduled in March
Shares of AlphaTON Capital Corp jumped sharply in after-hours trading Monday following confirmation of a $46 million AI compute infrastructure deal. The Nasdaq-listed stock closed the regular session up 1.0% at $0.91 but then rocketed to $2.61 post-close, soaring 186.8%, according to stockanalysis.com data. (StockAnalysis)
This shift is significant given the company’s size and the scale of the deal. Heading into Tuesday, traders will zero in on whether AlphaTON can cover the outstanding equity payments and turn the hardware from a contract obligation into a functioning, revenue-producing cluster.
The timing coincides with a market sharply focused on data-center expansion and growing wary of financing methods behind these projects. Moody’s Ratings projects at least $3 trillion will pour into data-center investments over the next five years, driven by soaring AI and cloud demand boosting outlays on servers, facilities, and power capacity. (Bloomberg)
AlphaTON announced it’s adding 576 Nvidia B300 chips, calling the setup a half-cluster, which will run at atNorth’s hydroelectric-powered data center in Sweden. The company said this deployment will connect to Telegram’s Cocoon AI “confidential compute” network, a privacy-centric system designed to safeguard sensitive data during processing.
AlphaTON said the financing includes $4 million already paid, $32.7 million in non-recourse debt, and $9.3 million in equity installments due before delivery. (Non-recourse means lenders can only claim the project assets, not the wider company.) The firm forecasted a 27% internal rate of return and expects revenue to start in March. CEO Brittany Kaiser added, “We are contributing confidential compute power to the world’s largest privacy-preserving AI network.” (GlobeNewswire)
The company announced that the B300 purchase replaces an earlier plan to buy over 1,000 Nvidia B200 GPUs. Delivery of the B300s is expected in February, with full deployment set for March 2026. (Stock Titan)
Investors are focusing less on projected returns in the short term and more on how execution unfolds. They want specifics on installation schedules, utilization rates, and the target end customers, plus any news regarding the outstanding equity payments linked to hardware delivery.
The downside is straightforward: chip shipments delay, data-center capacity shrinks, or the economics disappoint after the cluster goes live. AlphaTON pointed to risks from crypto market swings, regulatory hurdles, and technical issues in rolling out infrastructure — problems that can hit a company’s balance sheet especially hard if it’s lean.
The broader backdrop remains favorable for AI infrastructure plays, despite challenges from rising rates and power limits. On Monday, Meta rolled out its “Meta Compute” program, designed to boost AI infrastructure and deepen supplier ties. The move highlights how aggressive spending among top tech giants still is. (Reuters)
U.S. markets were closed when this was published, so the key question for ATON is if the after-hours jump sticks through Tuesday’s premarket and open. Looking ahead, the next major milestones are the February delivery window and whether AlphaTON starts pulling in revenue from the March deployment.
