Key Highlights

• SHAZ shares rose 4.69% pre-market to $88.63 following the financing close.

• The $1.6 billion transaction combined equity and convertible note placements.

• Proceeds will support a six-year compute collaboration with NVIDIA.

• The plan includes deployment of up to 40,000 Grace Blackwell GB300 GPUs.

Oversubscribed Financing Closes

SharonAI Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SHAZ) shares advanced in pre-market trading after the Australian Neocloud provider closed an oversubscribed $1.6 billion private placement. The transaction combined approximately $900 million in Class A common stock and pre-funded warrants with $700 million in convertible senior notes due 2032 carrying a 4.75% coupon, sold to qualified institutional buyers.

The financing was anchored by an institutional investment firm alongside a global asset manager, with participation from new and existing institutional and strategic investors.

Proceeds Tied to NVIDIA Compute Buildout

Company statements said proceeds will support Sharon AI's previously announced six-year strategic compute collaboration with NVIDIA, under which the company plans to deploy one of Australia's largest AI factories, including up to 40,000 Grace Blackwell GB300 GPUs. The company also cited broader expansion plans for its data center footprint.

Several financial institutions served as placement agents and advisors on the transaction. Additional details on the financing are expected to be disclosed in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Sharon AI operates as a high-performance computing company focused on AI cloud infrastructure, offering GPU and CPU compute capacity through a hybrid model combining third-party data center deployments with its own facilities.

Conclusion

The completed financing gives Sharon AI substantial capital to advance its compute buildout in Australia at a time when demand for AI infrastructure capacity continues to outstrip available supply. The scale of the raise, and its oversubscription, points to sustained investor interest in companies positioned to supply GPU capacity for AI workloads.

 

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