Big Digital Energy — Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Summary
Financial Performance:
- Total revenue for Q3 2026 was $8.7 million, representing a 41% increase quarter-over-quarter (QoQ).
- Digital colocation revenue was $2.4 million, a 30% decrease QoQ.
- Energy management revenue was $6.1 million, a 132% increase QoQ.
- Digital assets mining revenue was $0.2 million, a 374% increase QoQ.
- Net loss for Q3 2026 was $6.5 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA loss for Q3 2026 was $3.4 million.
- Stockholders' equity was $8.5 million as of September 30, 2026, compared to a deficit of $3.1 million as of December 31, 2025.
- Cash and cash equivalents decreased to $3.1 million from $13.3 million at the beginning of the period.
- Average monthly operating cash burn declined to approximately $850,000 in Q3 2026 from approximately $3.4 million in the first half of 2026.
- Trade and other receivables were $7.2 million as of September 30, 2026, down from $9.6 million as of December 31, 2025.
- Current liabilities were $44.7 million as of September 30, 2026, down from $58.8 million as of December 31, 2025.
Guidance and Future Outlook:
- Management expects to achieve positive operating cash flow in the first quarter of 2027.
- Priorities for year-end 2026 and 2027 include converting existing frameworks into definitive agreements, establishing commercial relationships, securing financing, and expanding the portfolio of powered assets.
- The planned Tensor IQ AI/HPC campus at Hood County targets availability in the second quarter of 2027.
- The Company anticipates generating approximately $546 million in power-lease-related revenue to Texas Load House over an initial 15-year term based on the indicative LOI terms, assuming full utilization; these amounts are not contracted revenue.
Business Segments and Product Lines:
- The Six Thirty AI arrangement monetizes underutilized infrastructure at the Midland, Pennsylvania facility, covering approximately 25,000 miners and 75 MW of computing capacity at full utilization.
- Texas Load House, a 50/50 joint venture with 10NetZero, acquired 30 acres of the 50-acre Hood County, Texas site for approximately $10 million in July.
- The Hood County site has approximately 17 MW of energized capacity and a pathway toward 111 MW of grid power subject to ERCOT validation.
- The Company entered into a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) with Tensor IQ for a planned campus at Hood County with up to 17 MW of gross capacity.
- The LOI contemplates an initial deployment of 7,748 NVIDIA B300 GPUs.
- Management is actively evaluating additional powered assets, leveraging an affiliation with SixThirty.AI which has a development pipeline of just under 600 megawatts.
- Phase 1 design basis for the Hood County project has been completed, and the project is advancing into basis of design and schematic design.
Market and Competitive Landscape:
- The Company is positioning itself as a competitive provider of digital infrastructure solutions to support demand for AI data centers, citing growing demand for AI infrastructure and the increasing difficulty of securing reliable power.
- Energized capacity stands at approximately 169 MW as of Q3 2026.
- Additional capacity at Hood County is approximately 17 MW.
- Capacity deployed under the Six Thirty AI Agreement is approximately 20 MW.
- Northland Capital Markets remains engaged to help evaluate financing alternatives across the portfolio.
Risks and Challenges:
- The LOI with Tensor IQ is non-binding, and definitive agreements may not be negotiated, executed, or consummated on anticipated terms or at all.
- Risks include the creditworthiness and performance of counterparties (Tensor IQ, 10NetZero, Texas Load House).
- The Company faces risks regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and maintain its Nasdaq listing.
- There is a need for and potential unavailability of additional financing.
- Risks include the availability and cost of power, grid interconnection timing, and permitting/development feasibility.
- Volatility in digital asset prices and reductions in mining incentives pose risks.
- Evolving and uncertain regulation of digital assets, AI, and high-performance computing is a concern.
Management Commentary and Tone:
- CEO Phil Stanley stated the Company continues to execute a strategy of acquiring, developing, and monetizing powered infrastructure for AI and high-performance computing markets.
- Management emphasized that energized capacity and development-ready sites are becoming more valuable as demand grows.
- The tone reflects a focus on converting assets into commercial projects through disciplined development, partnerships, and capital formation.
- Management highlighted progress in improving operational efficiency and reducing cash burn.
- The Company views the Six Thirty AI arrangement as a mechanism to provide cash flow today while developing higher-value AI and HPC applications.
Other Key Points:
- A $4.9 million loan provided by Big Digital Energy to 10NetZero to fund part of the Hood County acquisition was fully repaid in October 2026.
- The Company recorded a gain on legal settlements of $332,421 in Q3 2026 and $10.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2026.
- Proceeds from Series D Convertible Stock, net of share issuance costs, totaled $14.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2026.
- Proceeds from common share issuances and equity conversions settled in cash were $7.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2026.
- A dividend on Series D Convertible Preferred Stock of $19,493 was declared for the nine months ended September 30, 2026.
- The Company has 15,000 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2026.
- Common stock issued and outstanding increased to 6,419,242 shares as of September 30, 2026, from 3,617,221 shares as of December 31, 2025.
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