Empery Digital Resumes Its Buyback and Puts $65 Million Into a Midwest AI Data Center
Empery Digital repurchased 122,955 shares at an average price of $2.89 in the week ending October 23, 2026, bringing total repurchases under its $200 million program to 26,363,499 shares The
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Empery Digital repurchased 122,955 shares at an average price of $2.89 in the week ending October 23, 2026, bringing total repurchases under its $200 million program to 26,363,499 shares
The company disclosed holding 1,018 BTC, approximately $70 million in cash and approximately $35 million in debt as of October 23, 2026
Empery is investing $65 million for a 25% interest in a private entity acquiring a 150-megawatt Midwest AI data center facility, expandable to roughly 300 megawatts, under a 15-year triple net lease being advanced with partner Hunt Properties
Empery Digital disclosed in a release dated October 26, 2026 that it repurchased 122,955 shares during the week ending October 23 at an average price of $2.89 per share, including fees and commissions. That brought the company’s total repurchases under its $200 million buyback authorization to 26,363,499 shares, with approximately $50 million still available under the program. Shares outstanding stood at 29,694,955 as of the disclosure date, after accounting for the potential exercise of 1,653,686 pre-funded warrants.
On the balance sheet side, Empery disclosed holding 1,018 BTC as of October 23, 2026, alongside approximately $70 million in cash and approximately $35 million in debt. Those figures give a snapshot of a company balancing an active bitcoin treasury position against both an ongoing share buyback and a separate capital commitment described below, rather than concentrating all its capital in a single strategy.
That separate commitment is a $65 million investment for a 25% interest in a private entity that is acquiring a Midwest AI data center facility. The release describes the facility’s capacity at 150 megawatts, with its own substation and potential expansion to roughly 300 megawatts, though it does not name a specific city or state for the site. The arrangement is structured as a 15-year triple net lease being advanced by partner Hunt Properties, Inc., with lease execution described as expected in the near term.
Under a triple net lease, the tenant, rather than the landlord, is responsible for funding the buildout, ongoing power usage and operating costs of the facility, which the release states limits Empery’s own funding obligation to the initial $65 million investment rather than exposing the company to the facility’s operating expenses going forward. That structure lets Empery gain exposure to the AI data center sector, a theme several bitcoin-adjacent companies have pursued recently given overlapping interest in large-scale power infrastructure, without taking on direct operational responsibility for running the facility itself.
Running a buyback program, a bitcoin treasury, and a new AI infrastructure investment simultaneously illustrates a broader trend among digital-asset-focused public companies of diversifying their capital allocation beyond a single bitcoin-accumulation strategy. The full disclosure is filed as an exhibit on SEC EDGAR.
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