| Deal value | $131M |
|---|---|
| Share of market cap | 45.6% |
| Share of annual revenue | 483.7% |
Key highlights
- Axe Compute repaid $87.8 million in pre-existing subsidiary debt as part of the deal
- Duos receives a $42.9 million deferred purchase price paid in $715,000 monthly installments
- The sale includes 2,304 GPUs and 288 Supermicro B300 servers located at the Columbus campus
- Divestiture eliminates approximately $98.1 million in prospective equipment financing liabilities
- Duos maintains the Columbus facility relationship under a revised five-year agreement
What Is Being Divested?
Duos Technologies Group has completed the sale of Duos Edge AI – GPUaaS, LLC to Axe Compute, Inc. for total consideration of approximately $130.7 million. The transaction included the immediate repayment of $87.8 million in pre-existing debt associated with the entity and a deferred purchase price of $42.9 million. This latter amount is structured as monthly payments of $715,000 over a 60-month term, which must be fully settled if Axe Compute secures financing for the cluster. Assets transferred in the deal include 288 Supermicro B300 servers containing 2,304 GPUs, alongside specialized networking equipment previously deployed at the company's Columbus data center campus.
Why This Divestiture
- Eliminates capital-intensive compute hardware ownership to reduce balance sheet risk
- Transitions Duos into a pure-play landlord for AI compute infrastructure
- Allows the company to focus exclusively on site development, power, and colocation
- Recycles capital to accelerate the rollout of new 10 to 30 MW modular colocation sites
- Shifts technology refresh and hardware utilization risks to the counterparty
Strategic Shift to Infrastructure
“The job now is to advance the platform. We continue serving our existing Columbus customer under a revised five-year agreement with improved terms. Our capital belongs in colocation capacity, new sites, new campuses, new customers.”
Business Overview
- Continuing operations focus on providing site power and adaptive colocation services
- Retains ownership of the physical Columbus campus and modular infrastructure
- Manages a $111 million hyperscaler colocation contract signed in July 2026
- Executes a 55 MW hosting order with Axe Compute valued at over $500 million
- Targeting high-demand U.S. markets for future edge data center deployments
Financial Context
The divestiture occurs amidst significant commercial traction for the company's modular colocation business. In July 2026, Duos secured a 10 MW hyperscaler colocation agreement with a total contract value exceeding $111 million. This was followed by a 55 MW hosting service order from Axe Compute in August 2026, valued at over $500 million across multiple U.S. sites. By offloading hardware ownership, the company mitigates risks associated with technology refresh cycles and GPU utilization rates. The current financial profile shows a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.59x and annual revenue of $27.02 million, positioning the firm for expansion within the 10 to 30 MW data center segment.
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Management commentary
“Columbus proves that our rapid deployment, modular architecture model can serve the most demanding AI workloads anywhere. That proof brought us an anchor, hyperscale customer and additional investment from a trusted partner in Axe Compute.”
| Share price | $9.11 |
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| Market cap | $287M |
| Revenue (annual) | $27M |
| P/E (TTM) | 7.6× |
| 1-month price change | +5.81% |
| Sector | TechnologySoftware - Application |
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SEC filing by Duos Technologies Group, Inc. announcing the sale of its GPU-as-a-Service subsidiary to Axe Compute, Inc.
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