UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
(Mark
One)
☒
ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2024
☐
TRANSITION
REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission
file number 000-50331
CalEthos,
Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
98-0371433
(State
or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S.
Employer
incorporation
or organization)
Identification
No.)
11753
Willard Avenue Tustin , California
92782
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Zip
Code)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (714) 352-5315
Securities
registered under Section 12(b) of the Act:
None
N/A
Title
of each class
Name
of each exchange on which registered
Securities
registered under Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common
Stock, $0.001 par value
(Title
of class)
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The
aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common stock, other than shares held by persons who may be deemed affiliates of the
registrant, as of June 30, 2024, the last day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was $ 25,483,343 ,
computed by reference to the closing sales price for the registrant’s common stock on June 28, 2024, as reported on The OTCQB Market.
As
of March 28, 2025, there were 25,730,540 outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $ 0.001 per
share.
CalEthos,
Inc.
Annual
Report on Form 10-K
For
the Fiscal-Year Ended December 31, 2024
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
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PART
I
Item
1.
Business.
1
Item
1A.
Risk Factors.
8
Item
1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments
8
Item
1C.
Cybersecurity
8
Item
2.
Properties.
8
Item
3.
Legal Proceedings.
8
Item
4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
8
PART II
Item
5.
Market for Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities Market Information.
9
Item
6.
Selected Financial Data.
9
Item
7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Result of Operations.
9
Item
7A.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
14
Item
8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
14
Item
9.
Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants On Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
14
Item
9A.
Controls and Procedures.
14
Item
9B.
Other Information.
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PART III
Item
10.
Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons; Compliance With Section 16(A) of the Exchange Act.
16
Item
11.
Executive Compensation
18
Item
12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
25
Item
13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence.
26
Item
14.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
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Part IV
Item
15.
Exhibits
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CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The
statements contained in this report with respect to our financial condition, results of operations and business that are not historical
facts are “forward-looking statements”. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology,
such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “seek”,
“estimate”, “project”, “could”, “may” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon,
or by discussions of strategy that involve risks and uncertainties. Management wishes to caution the reader of the forward-looking statements
that any such statements that are contained in this report reflect our current beliefs with respect to future events and involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including, but not limited to, economic, competitive, regulatory, technological,
key employees, and general business factors affecting our operations, markets, growth, services, products and other factors, some of
which are described in this report and some of which are discussed in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
These forward-looking statements are only estimates or predictions. No assurances can be given regarding the achievement of future results,
as actual results may differ materially as a result of risks facing our company, and actual events may differ from the assumptions underlying
the statements that have been made regarding anticipated events.
Important
factors to consider in evaluating any forward-looking statements include:
●
our
ability to finance and complete the design and construction of our proposed data center operations;
●
our
ability to obtain all of the necessary regulatory approvals for our proposed data center operations and the energy needed to power
such operations;
●
our
ability to implement our business plan;
●
our
ability to attract key personnel;
●
our
ability to operate profitably;
●
our
ability to efficiently and effectively finance our operations;
●
inability
to achieve future sales levels or other operating results;
●
inability
to raise additional financing for working capital;
●
inability
to efficiently manage our operations;
●
the
inability of management to effectively implement our strategies and business plans;
●
the
unavailability of funds for capital expenditures and/or general working capital;
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the
fact that our accounting policies and methods are fundamental to how we report our financial condition and results of operations,
and they may require management to make estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain;
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deterioration
in general or regional economic conditions;
●
changes
in U.S. GAAP or in the legal, regulatory and legislative environments in the markets in which we operate;
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adverse
state or federal legislation or regulation that increases the costs of compliance, or adverse findings by a regulator with respect
to existing operations;
These
risk factors should be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or persons acting
on our behalf may issue. All written and oral forward looking statements made in connection with this report that are attributable to
our company or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. Given these uncertainties,
we caution investors not to unduly rely on our forward-looking statements. We do not undertake any obligation to review or confirm analysts’
expectations or estimates or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after
the date of this report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by applicable law or regulation.
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Notwithstanding
the above, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), expressly state that the safe harbor for forward-looking statements
does not apply to companies that issue penny stock. If, as now, we are considered to be an issuer of penny stock, the safe harbor for
forward-looking statements may not apply to us at certain times.
Throughout
this report, unless otherwise designated, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” “the Company”
and “our company” refer to CalEthos, Inc., a Nevada corporation. All amounts are in U.S. Dollars, unless otherwise indicated.
Item
1.
Business.
We
are a data center infrastructure developer that is developing a large-scale, geothermal powered data center campus in Southern
California. Our development site is located in Imperial County on the edge of California’s Lithium Valley, which is one of
the world’s largest known geothermal and lithium resources. Imperial County has an abundance of geothermal energy that
radiates from a shallow lava flow between the North America and Pacific tectonic plates. The potential geothermal energy that can be
harvested for baseload data center power with flash, binary, and advanced closed-loop geothermal
technologies is projected to be in the tens of gigawatts.
Over
the past three years, we have been working with Imperial County government officials, Imperial County Planning & Development, the
Imperial County Board of Supervisors, Imperial Irrigation District (“IID” - the local electric utility), Imperial Valley
Economic Development Corp and various established local geothermal power producers, as well as closed-loop geothermal technology
companies to develop a portfolio of geothermal energy resources to power a large-scale, master-planned data center campus.
In
July 2024, we canceled an option to purchase an 80-acre site and optioned a new 315-acre site for our data center campus
development, and we are in the process of contracting an additional 320 adjacent acres that will be used for onsite geothermal power
production in the future. Combined, these properties will create our master planned, 635-acre, vertically-integrated,
geothermal-powered data center campus. The overall infrastructure is planned to include a switchyard/substation to connect off-site
power through the local grid and onsite geothermal power production to our data center buildings, connections for natural gas for
back-up generators, and diverse fiber paths for internet connectivity, water/sewer, and other utilities and services required to
build and operate data center facilities on the campus. Overall, the site is being planned to support:
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Onsite
production of a gigawatt or more of geothermal power;
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A
switchyard for offsite geothermal/solar/battery power connections from providers through the local grid;
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Twelve
25-acre building lots, each of which can support up to 250,000 square feet of data center buildings; and
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Connections
for gas, water, sewer and fiber connectivity.
We
plan to offer hyperscale and data center development companies the following options:
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Powered
land leases (building lots with power)
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Powered
shell leases (a basic building with power)
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Build-to-suit
leases (completed buildings with power based on a customer’s design)
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Co-development
with data center developers (we and a data center developer will jointly build out a section of the campus)
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We
plan to lease powered building lots or powered shell buildings, or to provide build-to-suit completed buildings, to large enterprise
information technology (IT) companies that are creating or addressing the growing demand for AI, Cloud and High-Performance
Computing (HPC) digital services. We are currently in discussions with a number of these companies and, based upon the interest we
have received thus far from potential tenants, we expect that we will have agreements signed to lease all or a substantial part of
the development by the end of 2025 or early 2026.
In addition to our Southern California site, we are identifying and evaluating
sites in other states that have adequate land, geothermal resources and internet connectivity that can support a one gigawatt or larger
data center campus. We believe there are numerous areas in the country where advanced closed loop geothermal technology can economically
harvest energy for onsite use in data centers and other energy intense industries.
Data
centers are highly specialized and secure buildings that house networking, storage and communications technology infrastructure, including
servers, storage devices, switches, routers and fiber optic transmission equipment. They are designed to provide the space, power, cooling
and network connectivity necessary to efficiently operate mission-critical IT equipment. Telecommunications carriers and internet providers
typically provide network access into a data center through optical fiber connections. The demand for data center infrastructure is being
driven by many factors, but most importantly by significant growth in data and increased demand for data processing and storage infrastructure.
The market for data center facilities includes established “traditional” enterprises that are web-enabling their applications
and business processes, as well as cloud-centric companies with sophisticated technology requirements.
There
are many types of data centers and service models available in the marketplace. Generally, their classification depends on whether they
are owned by one or many organizations, how they fit into the topology of other data centers, what technologies they use for computing
and storage, and even their energy efficiency. However, there are four main types of data centers:
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Enterprise
Data Centers . These are built, owned and operated by companies requiring data storage for their own purposes and are optimized
for their end users. Most often they are housed on the corporate campus of the owner.
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Managed
Services Data Centers . These data centers are managed by a third party (or a managed services provider) on behalf of a company
requiring data storage. The operating company leases the equipment and infrastructure instead of buying it.
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Wholesale
Colocation Data Centers . In the case of colocation (“colo”) data centers, a company rents space within a data center
owned by others and located off the company’s premises. The colocation data center hosts the infrastructure: building, cooling,
bandwidth, security, etc., while the company provides and manages the components, including servers, storage and firewalls.
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Cloud
Data Centers . In this off-premises form of data center, data and applications are hosted by a cloud services provider, such as
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft (Azure), or IBM Cloud or other public cloud provider.
We
are developing our business model to compete in the data center infrastructure development segment of the data center industry, which
is focused on providing ready-to-build-on data center campuses to companies that provide the processing, networking and storage of data.
With the move to treat data as an asset, the data services market is expected to experience significant growth over the next decade.
Industry automation and digital businesses are expanding, and these businesses are expected to require huge amounts of data for their
businesses. North America is the most advanced region globally and we believe ready-to-build-on data center platforms are in high demand.
In
developing our master-planned, geothermal-powered data center campus, we have had numerous discussions with several large companies that
could lease all or part of our data center campus, with the intention of cultivating long-term strategic relationships with these companies
once they become our tenants and providing them with solutions for their data center facilities and IT infrastructure requirements. We
initially intend to provide geothermal-powered building lots with flexibility for customers to scale for future growth. As currently
contemplated, our ready-to-build-on platform will provide clean-energy power, flexibility, reliability and security delivered through
a tailored, customer-service-focused offering that will be designed to foster long-term relationships. Our plan is to focus on technology
and large cloud computing customers that are expanding their services rapidly in the public and private cloud environments to provide
them with clean-energy-powered solutions that address their current and future needs. We expect that our clean energy, geothermal-powered
building platform design will allow us to offer power resiliency, and the opportunity for expansion as the needs of our customers grow.
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Plan
of Operations
As
of the date of filing of this Report, we are in the process of completing our vertically-integrated, geothermal-powered data center
campus land-use plan and zone change with Imperial County Planning and Development. We expect that land use and conditional zone
change approvals will be completed by the end of 2025 or during the first quarter of 2026. In parallel, we are completing our plans,
timelines and budgets for all required county and state environmental studies and reports, which we expect to have completed and
filed for data center campus construction, onsite switchyard and electrical distribution system, and fiber, gas, water and sewer
lines that connect to the property by the end of 2025. In addition, we are planning to have the required approvals to start the
initial construction of the data center campus and all external utility lines by the end of the second quarter
2026. We are also planning that we can complete and submit all design, planning and environmental reports and studies for
the state environmental agencies for our planned onsite geothermal production systems by mid-2026.
We are also in
the process of completing a master services agreement with a geothermal technology and development company that will provide
advanced closed-loop geothermal production technology, sub-surface planning and drilling, above-ground turbine and generator
electricity production components and the electrical distribution system design and components. We expect to complete this agreement
before the end of June 2025 and have the designs completed for subsurface and surface components before the end of 2025.
Closed-loop
geothermal systems (also known as “advanced geothermal systems” or “AGS”) are a type of engineered geothermal
energy system containing subsurface working fluid that is heated in a hot rock reservoir without direct contact with rock pores and fractures.
Instead, the subsurface working fluid stays inside a closed loop of deeply buried pipes that conduct Earth’s heat. Closed-loop
geothermal systems are one of the prominent categories of next-generation geothermal systems in development today.
The
advantages of closed-loop geothermal technologies include:
●
No
need for a geofluid (water, geothermal brine, etc.)
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No
need for the hot rock to be permeable or porous
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All
the introduced working fluids can be recirculated with zero loss
●
No
fracking or stimulation is required to establish the engineered geothermal reservoir.
These
advantages mean closed-loop geothermal systems can be placed anywhere in the world as a source of carbon-free, baseload energy, with
no impact to natural water resources and significantly reduced risk of induced seismicity.
In
July 2024, we contracted to purchase 315-acres of land and are planning to option an additional 320-acres in the next couple of months.
We believe the site we have chosen to develop is a unique location that will provide us with a rare opportunity to vertically integrate
clean, onsite, baseload geothermal energy with a 24/7 data center operation. We believe 100% clean-energy-powered data centers are an
important element in the ability of the U.S. to meet its carbon neutral climate goals and for hyperscale and enterprise IT companies
to meet their shareholder and customer climate commitments to have a compliant, clean digital footprint. As a result, we believe the
availability of nearby clean geothermal energy for our Imperial County site will provide us with a significant competitive advantage
in the marketplace.
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Since
mid-2022, we have contracted with leading data center and energy advisory firms to complete site, power and connectivity assessments,
feasibility studies, engineering plans, master-planned development and design, and project benchmarking. These have included engaging:
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HDR
Engineering, Inc., a global professional services firm specializing in architecture, engineering, environmental and construction
services (“HDR Engineering”), to complete a site assessment, project feasibility study, and the initial shovel-ready
site development plan for our master planned data center campus.
●
ZGlobal,
Inc., a power engineering and energy solutions firm (“ZGlobal”), to assess all available power and transmission routes
in the immediate area of the site and to develop a plan to access power from close by geothermal and solar producers via Behind-The-Meter,
Off-Take and Power Purchase Agreements directly and through agreements with the local grid operator.
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American
Dark Fiber, Inc., a provider of dark fiber connectivity to municipalities, carriers, anchor institutions, content developers, data-center
operators, and other sophisticated private network users, to develop a robust fiber-based infrastructure that will provide multiple
diverse geographic routes of connectivity to our data center site.
●
Linesight,
a construction consultancy services firm (“Linesight”), to provide cost benchmarking of initial design concepts, and
to assist with desktop pre-qualification of architect-engineering firms and construction managers.
Based
on the project assessment, feasibility and initial shovel-ready site plans that have been developed by HDR Engineering, and the benchmarking
of the project by Linesight against 25 other large data center developments in the U.S. over the last 24 months, we plan to develop our
635-acre site in Imperial County, California to support up to three million square feet of data center facilities that utilize 2 gigawatts
or more of baseload geothermal power. Our site will be zoned medium-industrial that is approved for geothermal power production and data
center use.
As
we move through the development process, we will continue to refine and finalize the courses of action needed to implement our business
plan and operations. As a result, our management has not fully determined our actual short-term or long-term capital requirements for
our initial project, which management expects to be substantial.
The
Data Center Industry
Demand
for data centers is intense for both more facilities and greater power availability. Based on several reports from CBRE, JLL and other
research firms, the data center industry is forecasting that data center capacity will triple within the next five years. In the fourth
quarter of 2024, every data center under construction was pre-leased from two to five years in advance of occupancy. It is widely acknowledged
that the key constraint for the growth of data centers is the availability of power. To illustrate the power demand, today’s data
center developments start in increments of 100MW, while mega-campuses of 1GW or more are currently in construction.
According
to a recent report by Bloom Energy, the “ 2025 Data Center Power Report ”, demand for power in the U.S. is growing at
an unprecedented rate after 20 years of flat demand. U.S. power needs are projected to rise by 83 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2025 –
the equivalent to powering an additional 7.7 million homes. According to such report, data centers are the largest driver of this growth.
The U.S. is expected to see the highest share of new data centers outside of China. Since 2020, the U.S. colocation data center market
alone has doubled, driven by digitization, cloud and AI. To power this increase, it was reported that by 2030, data centers could require
8%-12% of the total U.S. power demand compared to 3%-4% today.
The
U.S. grid has not been able to keep pace with this demand. While utilities can likely generate sufficient power to meet data center needs,
they face bottlenecks with transporting that power via transmission and distribution infrastructure. As a result, grid interconnection
takes longer, there is more congestion on the network, and capacity is increasingly expensive. If the U.S. continues to build high-voltage
transmission infrastructure at its current rate, it is estimated that it will take at least 80 years to deliver the power that is needed
over the next decade.
Bloom
Energy believes new data center projects will struggle to get timely access to power. In the U.S., 55 GW of data center IT capacity is
expected to come online in the next five years. The industry is already seeing data center IT capacity buildout ramp up with ~20 GW of
capacity announced so far for 2025, and it is expected to continue growing. Bloom Energy expects that at least another 35 GW of data
center capacity will be announced within the next five years to meet projected data center demand.
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In
addition, the environmental impact of power generation and use is expected to become more stringent. Sustainability regulations are expected
to become more difficult to meet, and it is expected that the use of renewable energy credits (RECs) to offset carbon footprints of conventional
data center power sources will no longer qualify. Today, less than 5% of the energy directly powering data centers is clean.
According
to the 2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report “ Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division, Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory ,” energy consumption by U.S. data centers has been on the rise and reached 280 terawatt hours (TWh) in
2024 accounting for an estimated 5% to 6% of the nation’s total electricity usage. Projections for data center energy consumption
by 2028 range from 325 TWh to 580 TWh. This annual usage would correspond to a power demand for data centers of between 74 GW and 132
GW, which equates to 6.7% to 12.0% of the anticipated total U.S. electricity consumption for 2028.
According
to a report by P & S Intelligence, a market research firm, the data center industry is large and on pace to grow rapidly, from $282
billion in 2024 to over $602 billion in 2030. The industry is not only large, but also very profitable. According to the Dgtl Infra report
“ Data Center REITs, Stocks and ETFs: Investing in 2024 ”, in February 2024, the principal data center developer/operator
companies averaged EBITDA margins of 50% or more on lease revenues. Those that are publicly traded were valued at an average of 25 times
EBITDA.
According
to a February 2025 report by PwC (Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP) on the “ Economic Contributions of Data Centers in the United
States ,” data centers have become vital to the modern economy, underpinning digitalization, facilitating data driven decision-making,
and supporting a broad spectrum of industries and services. Their role in storing, processing and managing data is essential for organizational
success in the digital age.
According
to the PwC report, the total annual contribution of the data center industry to national employment - encompassing direct, indirect and
induced effects from data center construction and operations - has increased from 2 .9 million jobs in 2017 to 4 .7 million jobs in 2023,
marking a 60 percent rise over this period. The industry’s growth has notably surpassed that of the overall U. S. economy in recent
years. From 2017 to 2023, direct employment in the U. S. data center industry expanded by over 50 percent, compared to 10 percent growth
in employment for the United States overall during the same timeframe.
According
to PwC, the industry’s total annual contribution to national labor income surged from $209 billion in 2017 to $404 billion in 2023,
reflecting a 93 percent increase. The increase in labor income has outpaced the increase in employment, suggesting that the U. S. data
center industry supports higher earning jobs at the national level. Additionally, its annual contribution to U. S. value added, or gross
domestic product (GDP), rose from $355 billion in 2017 to $727 billion in 2023, marking a 105% increase. Over this same period, the U.
S. GDP grew by only 41 percent.
Geothermal
Energy
According
to a December 2024 IEA (International Energy Agency) report “ The Future of Geothermal Energy,” technology breakthroughs
are unlocking huge potential for geothermal energy. New geothermal harvesting technologies are enabling access to previously untapped
resources, while cost reductions and innovative financing models are paving the way for increasing the role of geothermal energy in energy
systems around the world. Additionally, techniques developed by the oil and gas industry – including a strong understanding of
the subsurface, drilling and completing wells, predicting fluid flows and managing large-scale projects – can rapidly drive down
costs and help tap geothermal resources deeper in the ground.
Advances
in technology are opening new horizons for geothermal energy, which is expected to make it an attractive option for countries and companies
all around the world. These techniques include horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing honed through oil and gas developments in
North America. If geothermal can follow in the footsteps of innovation success stories such as solar photovoltaic
(PV), wind, EVs and batteries, it can become a cornerstone of tomorrow’s electricity and heat systems as a dispatchable
and clean source of energy. For the moment, geothermal meets less than 1% of global energy demand and its use is concentrated in a few
countries with easily accessible and high-quality resources, including the United States, Iceland, Indonesia, Turkey, Kenya and Italy.
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According
to the IEA report, with continued technology improvements and reductions in project costs, geothermal could meet up to 15% of global
electricity demand growth by 2050. This would mean the cost-effective deployment of as much as 800 GW of geothermal power capacity worldwide,
producing almost 6,000 terawatt-hours per year, which is equivalent to the current electricity demand today of the United States and
India combined.
Geothermal
is a versatile, clean and secure energy source that can provide around-the-clock electricity generation, heat production and storage.
As the energy source is continuous, geothermal power plants can operate at their maximum capacity throughout the day and year. On average,
global geothermal capacity had a utilization rate over 75% in 2023, compared with less than 30% for wind power and less than 15% for
solar PV. In addition, geothermal power plants can operate flexibly in ways that contribute to the stability of electricity grids, ensuring
demand can be met at all times and supporting the integration of variable renewables such as solar PV and wind.
According
to the IEA report, investment in geothermal is growing. Governments, oil and gas companies and utilities are among those looking for
investment opportunities in geothermal. If deep cost reductions for next-generation geothermal can be delivered, total investment in
geothermal could reach $1 trillion cumulatively by 2035 and $2.5 trillion by 2050. At its peak, geothermal investment could reach $140
billion per year, which is higher than current investment in onshore wind power globally. As a dispatchable source of clean power, geothermal
is also attracting interest from stakeholders beyond the energy industry, including technology companies looking to meet the fast-growing
demand for electricity in data centers.
Competition
The
competition in the data center industry is primarily driven by the increasing presence of small- and large-scale service providers globally,
and we will compete with numerous data center developers, and public and private owners and operators of technology-related real estate
and data centers.
The
key participants in the data center market with which we will compete are infrastructure developers, such as Tract, ScaleUp, Stream,
Quantum Loophole and Cloverleaf Infrastructure, and data center companies such as Digital Realty, Equinix, CyrusOne, QTS, Vantage and
Compass, among many others. In addition, we may face competition from other new entrants into the data center market. Many of our current
and potential competitors may have significant advantages over us, including greater name recognition, longer operating histories, pre-existing
relationships with current or potential customers, significantly greater financial, marketing and other resources, ownership of more
data centers and data centers that are more broadly distributed geographically, access to less expensive power, and more robust interconnected
hubs in certain geographic markets. All of these potential advantages could allow competitors to respond more quickly to new or changing
opportunities. In addition, once we are operational, if our competitors offer space, power and/or interconnection services at rates below
current market rates, or below the rates we are then charging our customers, we may lose potential customers or be pressured to reduce
our rental rates below those we are then charging or have modelled in order to retain customers when our customers’ leases expire.
As
a new entrant into the data center marketplace, we will compete against the larger, more established and better capitalized companies
that today control the majority of market share. We believe our principal advantages will be our location, which provides us with access
to an abundance of reasonably-priced onsite baseload geothermal energy to power a 24/7 data center operation, low-latency internet connectivity
to major market hubs, and our proximity to the Southern California market and the multitudes of companies utilizing high-performance
computing that want close-by data center space.
As
a developer of data center infrastructure, we also compete for the services of key third-party service providers, including engineers
and contractors with expertise in the development of onsite power production and data centers. The competition for the services of specialized
contractors and other third-party providers required for the development of onsite power production data centers is intense, increasing
the cost of engaging such providers and the risk of delays in completing our development projects.
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Finally,
we face competition from real estate developers in our sector and in other industries for the acquisition of additional properties suitable
for power production and data center developments. Such competition may reduce the number of properties available for acquisition or
development, increase the price of these properties and reduce the demand for data center space in the markets we seek to serve.
Intellectual
Property
Currently,
our intellectual property consists of the feasibility, assessment, industry benchmarking and shovel-ready site development plans that
have been completed for us by industry leading consulting firms over the last two plus years. Our intellectual property portfolio will
grow as we complete the development of our onsite geothermal power production systems that will be vertically integrated with our ready-to-build-on,
clean-energy powered data center campus. We intend to rely on a combination of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws in
the United States and other jurisdictions, as well as contractual protections, to protect our proprietary technology, methods and offerings.
However, as of the date of this Report, we do not have any patents or registered trademarks.
We
cannot provide any assurance that our proprietary rights with respect to our onsite geothermal power production systems vertically-integrated
with our ready-to-build-on, clean-energy powered data center campus, and the services we will offer will be viable or have value in the
future since the validity, enforceability and type of protection of proprietary rights in these industries are uncertain and continuingly
evolving.
Despite
our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our design, systems and services or
to obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. Policing unauthorized use of our designs and services is difficult, and
while we are unable to determine the extent to which piracy of our designs, systems and services will exist, intellectual piracy can
be expected to be a persistent problem. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect proprietary rights to as great
an extent as do the laws of the United States, and effective copyright, trademark, trade secret and patent protection may not be available
in those jurisdictions. Our means of protecting our proprietary rights may not be adequate to protect us from the infringement or misappropriation
of such rights by others.
Further,
in recent years, there has been significant litigation in the United States involving patents and other intellectual property rights
in the data center design, systems and service offerings and Internet-related data management industries. We can become subject to intellectual
property infringement claims as the number of our competitors grows and our services overlap with competitive offerings. These claims,
even if not meritorious, could be expensive to defend and could divert management’s attention from operating our business. If we
become liable to third parties for infringing their intellectual property rights, we could be required to pay a substantial award of
damages and to develop non-infringing design, systems and service offerings, obtain a license or cease providing the services that contain
the infringing intellectual property. We may be unable to develop non-infringing data center design, systems and service offerings or
obtain a license on commercially reasonable terms, if at all.
Employees
We
currently have three full-time employees, two of whom are our executive officers. None of our employees is represented by a collective
bargaining agreement, and we have never experienced any work stoppage. We believe we have good relations with our employees.
Corporate
History and Recent Developments
We
were incorporated pursuant to the laws of the State of Nevada on March 20, 2002 under the name Integrated Brand Solutions Inc., and on
February 6, 2006, we changed our name to Upstream Biosciences Inc. From 2006 to December 2009, our company operated as a biotechnology
company, and from 2010 until May 2013, our company had no operating business. On July 11, 2013, we changed our corporate name to RealSource
Residential, Inc. Our initial business strategy in 2013 was to engage in various real estate related businesses. However, in 2016 we
disposed of all of our real estate and other assets and continued operations as a public “shell” company. On December 20,
2018, we changed our corporate name from RealSource Residential, Inc. to CalEthos, Inc.
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In
early 2021, we determined there was a sizable opportunity to develop and manufacture high-performance computer systems for the cryptocurrency
mining industry. In August 2021, in connection with a $3.5 million capital raise, our board of directors determined that we were no longer
a shell company, as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. During the development of our computer chip and system in Korea, we had
also developed a plan to build a large-scale, clean-energy powered, containerized, immersion-cooled data center operation in Southern
California to support the use of the systems we were developing for our company and for others. However, following the decline of the
bitcoin market in early 2022, we decided to abandon our chip and system development efforts and we determined that we could develop a
profitable business by offering wholesale data center colocation services to a larger customer base of hyperscale and enterprise IT companies.
Item
1A.
Risk
Factors.
We
are a smaller reporting company, as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information under this
item.
Item
1B.
Unresolved
Staff Comments.
None.
ITEM
1C.
Cybersecurity
Risk
Management and Strategy
While
we are in our early stages of our business plan, we regularly assess risks from cybersecurity threats, monitor our information systems
for potential vulnerabilities and test those systems pursuant to our cybersecurity processes and practices, which are integrated
into our overall risk management system. As we progress with the development of our business plans, we plan to use various security tools
designed to help us identify, investigate, resolve and recover from security incidents in a timely manner.
To
date, cybersecurity threats, including as a result of any previous cybersecurity incidents, have not materially affected and we believe
are not reasonably likely to affect our company, including our business strategy, results of operations or financial condition.
Governance
One
of the key functions of our board of directors is informed oversight of our risk management process, including risks from cybersecurity
threats. Our board of directors is responsible for monitoring and assessing strategic risk exposure, and our executive officers are responsible
for the day-to-day management of the material risks we face.
We
take a risk-based approach to cybersecurity and have implemented cybersecurity policies throughout our operations that are designed to
address cybersecurity threats and incidents.
Our
Chief Executive Officer is primarily responsible for assessing and managing our material risks from cybersecurity threats with assistance
from third-party service providers and outside counsel, as needed.
Our
Chief Executive Officer oversees our cybersecurity policies and processes, including those described in “Risk Management and Strategy”
above. Our cybersecurity risk management program includes tools and activities to prevent, detect and analyze current and emerging cybersecurity
threats, and plans and strategies to address threats and incidents.
Item
2.
Properties.
We
do not own any real property. Our executive office is located at 11753 Willard Avenue, Tustin, California 92782, in the office of Michael
Campbell, our Chief Executive Officer. We are not charged rent for the use of this space. We believe our existing facilities are sufficient
for our current operations.
Item
3.
Legal
Proceedings.
We
know of no material active or pending legal proceeding against our company, nor are we involved as a plaintiff in any material proceeding
or pending litigation.
Item
4.
Mine
Safety Disclosures.
Not
Applicable.
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PART
II
Item
5.
Market
For Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Our
common stock is listed for quotation on the OTCQB Market under the trading symbol “GEDC.” Trading in our common stock in
the over-the-counter market has been limited and the quotations set forth below are not necessarily indicative of actual market values.
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low closing bid prices for each quarter within the last two fiscal
years ended December 31, 2024 as reported by the quotation service operated by the OTC Markets Group. All quotations for the OTCQB Market
reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.
Quarter Ended
High
Low
December 31, 2024
$ 6.00
$ 1.40
September 30, 2024
6.00
3.50
June 30, 2024
3.50
2.62
March 31, 2024
13.50
0.75
December 31, 2023
1.00
0.50
September 30, 2023
0.50
0.50
June 30, 2023
0.74
0.50
March 31, 2023
0.74
0.50
On
March 28, 2025, the closing bid price for our common stock on the OTCQB Market as reported by the quotation service operated by the
OTC Markets Group was $0.91.
Transfer
Agent
Nevada
Agency and Transfer Company is the registrar and transfer agent for our common shares. Their address is 50 West Liberty, Suite 880 Reno,
Nevada, 89501 Telephone: 775-322-0626, Facsimile: 775-322-5623.
Holders
of Our Common Stock
As
of March 28, 2025, there were 60 registered holders of record of our common stock. As of such date, 25,730,540 shares of common stock were
issued and outstanding. The number of our shareholders of record excludes any estimate by us of the number of beneficial owners of shares
held in street name, the accuracy of which cannot be guaranteed.
Dividend
Policy
We
have not declared or paid any cash dividends since inception. Although there are no restrictions that limit our ability to pay dividends
on our common shares, we do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future.
Item
6. Selected Financial Data.
We
are a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Regulation S-K and as such, are not required to provide the information contained
in this item pursuant to Regulation S-K.
Item
7.
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation.
The
following discussion should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and the related notes that appear elsewhere
in this Report. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual
results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such
differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in this Report.
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Our
audited financial statements are stated in United States dollars and are prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles.
We
are in the early stages of implementing our plan for the development of a large-scale geothermal-powered data center campus
on which we will lease powered building lots and buildings to large enterprise information technology (IT) customers that are creating
or addressing the growing demand for AI, Cloud and High-Performance Computing (HPC) digital services. In planning for our initial geothermal-powered
data center building lots and building, we are in discussions with several large companies that could lease all or part of the data center
campus, with the intention of cultivating long-term strategic relationships with them once they become our customers and providing them
with solutions for their data center facilities and IT infrastructure requirements. We initially intend to provide geothermal-powered
building lots with flexibility for customers to scale for future growth. As currently contemplated, our offerings will provide clean
energy power, flexibility, reliability and security delivered through a tailored, customer-service-focused platform that will be designed
to foster long-term relationships.
As
of the filing of this Report, we have completed Phase I and entered into Phase II of our data center development plans. In the initial
phase of our project, we originally signed an option agreement in March 2023 to acquire 80 acres of commercially-zoned land in Imperial
County, California. We believed this site would provide us an opportunity to acquire commercially-zoned land on which we could combine
nearby direct clean geothermal/solar energy with a 24/7 data center operation. However, in July 2024, we identified and entered into
an option agreement to acquire a larger, 315-acre parcel of land that we believe provides us with significant advantages over our prior
data center development site, which include:
●
Larger,
strategically located, industrial-zoned property with acreage for on-site switchyard, substation and additional data center buildings
●
Better
options for connectivity to high-voltage transmission lines
●
Closer
proximity to existing and planned geothermal power plants
●
Shorter
fiber routing distances to internet backbone and communications networks
●
Directly
on the main north/south transportation corridor (Hwy. 111) and gateway entrance (Sinclair Rd.) to the planned 51,000-acre Lithium
Valley development area
●
Lower
flood risk - outside of the 100- and 500- year flood zones in a FEMA X (Unshaded) area
In
late July 2024, we terminated our option agreement to acquire the 80-acre parcel in Imperial County, California as we believe the recently-optioned
property is better suited for our immediate needs.
We
believe 100% clean-energy-powered data centers are an important element in the ability of the U.S. to meet its carbon neutral climate
goals and for hyperscale and enterprise IT companies to meet their shareholder and customer commitments to have an ESG-compliant, clean
digital footprint before 2030. As a result, we believe the availability of nearby clean energy and our ability to produce geothermal
power on our site will provide us a significant competitive advantage in the marketplace.
In
Phase I of our development plan, which we completed in December 2023, we contracted with leading data center advisory firms to complete
site, power and connectivity assessments, feasibility studies, engineering plans and project benchmarking. Phase I of our plan included
engaging:
●
HDR
Engineering, Inc. , a global professional services firm specializing in architecture, engineering, environmental and construction
services (“HDR Engineering”), to complete a site assessment, project feasibility study, and the initial shovel-ready
site development plan for our Imperial County site.
●
ZGlobal,
Inc. , a power engineering and energy solutions firm (“ZGlobal”), to assess all available power and transmission routes
in the immediate area of the site and to develop a plan to access power from close by geothermal and solar producers via Behind-The-Meter,
Off-Take and Power Purchase Agreements directly and through agreements with the local grid operator.
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●
American
Dark Fiber, Inc. , a provider of dark fiber connectivity to municipalities, carriers, anchor institutions, content developers,
data-center operators, and other sophisticated private network users, to develop a robust fiber-based infrastructure that will provide
multiple diverse geographic routes of connectivity to our data center site.
●
Linesight ,
a construction consultancy services firm (“Linesight”), to provide cost benchmarking of initial design concepts, and
to assist with desktop pre-qualification of architect-engineering firms and construction managers.
During
the beginning of 2024, we started Phase II of our data center development plan. Phase II included hiring additional staff and consultants
to complete environmental, health and safety and cyber security procedures and to develop a set of data center operating procedures to
meet hyperscale customer pre-qualification requirements. During this phase, we also developed requests for proposals (RFPs) and contract
packages for contracting an engineering/design firm and general contractor. In addition, we ramped up our operating staff to support
the infrastructure and building design processes and the development of building plans and the permit packages. We also undertook and
completed utility studies, transmission planning, site layouts and substation designs.
We are currently in the process of completing our vertically-integrated,
geothermal-powered data center campus land-use plan and zone change with Imperial County Planning and Development. We expect that land
use and conditional zone change approvals will be completed by the end of 2025 or during the first quarter of 2026. In parallel, we are
completing our plans, timelines and budgets for all required county and state environmental studies and reports, which we expect to have
completed and filed for data center campus construction, onsite switchyard and electrical distribution system, and fiber, gas, water and
sewer lines that connect to the property by the end of 2025. In addition, we are planning to have the required approvals to start the
initial construction of the data center campus and all external utility lines by the end of the second quarter 2026. We are also planning
that we can complete and submit all design, planning and environmental reports and studies for the state environmental agencies for our
planned onsite geothermal production systems by mid-2026.
We are also in the process of completing a master services agreement with
a geothermal technology and development company that will provide advanced closed-loop geothermal production technology, sub-surface planning
and drilling, above-ground turbine and generator electricity production components and the electrical distribution system design and components.
We expect to complete this agreement before the end of June 2025 and have the designs completed for subsurface and surface components
before the end of 2025.
Based
upon the current interest we have received from potential tenants, we expect that we will have agreements signed to lease all or a substantial part of the development
by the end of 2025 or early 2026.
It
is anticipated that we will incur significant expenses in the implementation of our business plan as described herein, and that we will
require substantial financing to complete the development and construction of the planned vertically-integrated, geothermal-powered data
center campus. A failure to obtain this necessary capital when required on acceptable terms, or at all, could force us to delay, limit,
reduce or terminate our development plans, any commercialization efforts and any other operations. We may not be able to secure financing
on favorable terms, or at all, to meet our future capital needs. In addition, even if we are able to obtain sufficient funding to commence
our business operations, we may need to pursue additional financing in the future to make expenditures and/or investments to support
the growth of our business. In addition, we may require additional capital to pursue our business objectives and respond to new competitive
pressures, pay extraordinary expenses or fund our growth, including through acquisitions. Additional funding, however, may not be available
when required on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory
to us when it is required, our ability to commence and grow our proposed business operations, to support our business and to respond
to business challenges could be significantly limited.
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We
currently have only limited capital with which to pay these anticipated expenses. To fund our business plan going forward, we intend
to raise funds from investors by issuing common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities.
Results
of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
The
following table summarizes our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.
Change
2024
2023
Dollar
Percentage
Revenues
$ -
$ -
$ -
- %
Operating Expenses
Professional fees
386,000
344,000
42,000
12.2
Equity-based compensation
369,000
3,032,000
(2,663,000 )
(87.8 )
General and administrative
49,000
38,000
11,000
28.9
Development cost – abandonment
344,000
-
344,000
100.0
Payroll and related expenses
259,000
51,000
208,000
407.8
Total operating expenses
$ 1,407,000
$ 3,465,000
$ (2,058,000 )
(59.4 )%
Other (expenses) income
Interest income
$ 12,000
$ 50,000
$ (38,000 )
(76.0 )%
Financing cost
(2,410,000 )
(252,000 )
2,158,000
856.3
Gain on settlement of accounts payable
-
23,000
(23,000 )
(100.0 )
Loss on extinguishment of debt – related party
(2,317,000 )
-
2,317,000
100
Loss on extinguishment of debt
(6,468,000 )
(986,000 )
5,482,000
556.0
Total other expenses
$ (11,183,000 )
$ (1,165,000 )
$ 10,018,000
859.9 %
Revenues
For
the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, we had no revenues.
Operating
Expenses
Professional
fees
Our
professional fees increased to $386,000 for the year ended December 31, 2024 from $344,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023. The
increase of approximately $42,000 was attributable to a decrease in our consulting fees of approximately $63,000, which was offset by
an increase in our other professional fess of approximately $105,000.
Equity-based
compensation
Our
equity-based compensation for the year ended December 31, 2024 was approximately $369,000 as compared to $3,032,000 for the year ended
December 31, 2023. During the fourth quarter of 2023, we issued warrants and stock options to our directors and officers with a fair
value of $2,916,000, which was recognized as an expense upon issuance. Also for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company capitalized equity based compensation of approximately
$2,380,000 and $336,000 as data center cost.
Development
cost – abandonment
On
July 24, 2024, we terminated our option agreement to acquire 80 acres of commercially-zoned land in Imperial County, California. At such
date, we had approximately $344,000 development cost related to that property, which we determined were not usable for our data center campus project.
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Payroll
and related expenses
Payroll
and related expenses increased to $259,000 for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $51,000 for the year ended December 31,
2023. For the year ended December 31, 2023, we had one employee. Our first employee, our Chief Operating Officer, was hired in June 2023,
and our second employee, our Vice President of Data Center Development, was hired in February 2024. For the year ended December 31, 2024,
our total payroll-related cost for our employees was approximately $1,148,000, of which approximately $889,000 was capitalized as data
center development cost.
Financing
costs
Our
financing cost for the year ended December 31, 2024 increased to $2,410,000 compared to $252,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023.
The 2024 financing cost included $2,355,000 for the amortization of debt discount related to our notes payable.
Loss
on extinguishment of debt – related party
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company and
the note holder agreed to convert the note payable of $1,000,000 into 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with a fair value
of $875,000 and exchanged two warrants, previously issued to the note holder, each for 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock
(“Old Warrant”), for a warrant to purchase 2,258,877 shares of the Company’s common stock (“New Warrant’).
The loss on extinguishment of $2,317,000 is difference between (i) $1,755,000 for the note payable of $1,000,000 and fair value of Old
Warrant of $755,000 and (ii) $4,072,000 the fair value of the common stock of $875,000 and fair value of the New Warrant of $3,197,000.
Loss on
extinguishment of debt
During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company extinguished convertible debentures
with the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock. The fair value of the common stock issued exceeds the carrying amount
of the principal and accrued interest by approximately $6,468,000 and $986,000, which was recorded as a loss on extinguishment for the
year ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Our
working capital as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 was as follows.
2024
2023
Current assets
$ 296,000
$ 318,000
Current liabilities
(514,000 )
(1,022,000 )
Working capital deficit
$ (218,000 )
$ (704,000 )
Our
working capital deficit decreased from a $704,000 deficit as of December 31, 2023 to a deficit of $218,000 as of December 31, 2024 for
a decrease of $486,000. The decrease in our working capital deficit was due to a $22,000 decrease in our cash and cash equivalents, which
was offset by a decrease of $167,000 in our accounts payable and accrued expenses and a decrease of $341,000 in convertible promissory
notes, net.
Cash
Flows
For the years ended December 31,
2024
2023
Net cash used in operating activities
$ (859,000 )
$ (35,000 )
Net cash used in investing activities
(1,467,000 )
(1,730,000 )
Net cash provided by financing activities
2,305,000
-
Effect of exchange rate changes
(1,000 )
6,000
Change in cash and cash equivalents during the period
(22,000 )
(1,759,000 )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
308,000
2,067,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
$ 286,000
$ 308,000
Cash
Flows from Operations
Cash
used in operating activities increased to approximately $859,000 for the year ended December 31, 2024 from approximately $35,000 for
the year ended December 31, 2023, which was predominantly related to the increase in our expenditures for filing fees, legal fees, transfer
agent fees and consulting fees paid during the period.
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Cash
Flows from Investing
Our
cash used in investing activities increased to approximately $1,467,000 for the year ended December 31, 2024 from approximately $1,730,000
for the year ended December 31, 2023. The primary use of cash was for expenditures for the development of our data center campus.
Cash
Flows from Financing
Our
cash provided by financing activities increased to approximately $2,305,000 for the year ended December 31, 2024 from approximately nil
for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase of $2,305,000 was due to the issuance of a promissory note in the principal amount
of $1,000,000 and the issuance of convertible debentures in the principal amount of $1,410,000 less $106,000 of cash paid for expenses
related to the issuance.
Liquidity
and Material Cash Requirements
Even
though we experienced negative cash flows from operations of approximately $859,000 for the year ended December 31, 2024, as a result
of our private placement of a promissory note and convertible debentures in the principal amounts of $1,000,000 and $1,410,000, respectively,
we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $286,000 at December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2024, we had approximately $1,410,000
of convertible debentures with maturity dates on December 31, 2026.
It
is anticipated that we will incur expenses in the implementation of our business plan described above, and such expenses will require
substantial financing to complete the development of the property for a data center operation and to achieve our goals. We currently
have only limited capital with which to pay these anticipated expenses. To fund our business plan going forward, we intend to raise funds
from investors by issuing common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities. We are currently in discussions with several potential
funding sources. However, there can be no assurance we will be able to successfully raise additional funds when required, if at all.
The
failure to obtain this necessary capital when needed on acceptable terms, or at all, could force us to delay, limit, reduce or terminate
our development plans, any commercialization efforts or other operations. We may not be able to secure financing on favorable terms,
or at all, to meet our future capital needs. In addition, even if we are able to obtain sufficient funding to commence our business operations,
we may need to pursue additional financing in the future to make expenditures and/or investments to support the growth of our business
and may require additional capital to pursue our business objectives and respond to new competitive pressures, pay extraordinary expenses
or fund our growth, including through acquisitions. Additional funds, however, may not be available when we need them on terms that are
acceptable to us, or at all. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us when we require it,
our ability to commence our proposed business operations, to continue to grow and support our business and to respond to business challenges
could be significantly limited.
Item
7A.
Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
As
a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Item 10 of Regulation S-K, we are not required to provide this information.
Item
8.
Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data.
Our
financial statements and notes thereto and the reports of RBSM LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, are set forth
on pages F-1 through F-22 of this Report.
Item
9.
Changes
In and Disagreements With Accountants On Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
Not
Applicable
Item
9A.
Controls
and Procedures.
Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
As
required by paragraph (b) of Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer
evaluated our company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as
of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Based on this evaluation, these officers concluded that as of the
end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, these disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.
The
conclusion that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective was due to the presence of material weaknesses in internal
control over financial reporting as identified below under the heading “Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial
Reporting.” Management anticipates that such disclosure controls and procedures will not be effective until the material weaknesses
are remediated.
Because
of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues,
if any, within our company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can
be faulty and that breakdown can occur because of simple error or mistake.
Management’s
Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f)
and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) for our company. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance,
not absolute assurance, regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. Internal control over financial reporting
includes those policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America,
and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and (iii)
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that
could have a material effect on the financial statements.
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Because
of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. In addition, projections
of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions and that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Our
management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, conducted an evaluation of the design and operation
of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024 based on the criteria set forth in Internal Control - Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. This evaluation included review of the documentation
of controls, evaluation of the design effectiveness of controls, testing of the operating effectiveness of controls and a conclusion
on this evaluation. Based on this evaluation, our management concluded our internal control over financial reporting was not effective
as at December 31, 2024 due to the following material weaknesses which are indicative of many small companies with small staff: (i) inadequate
segregation of duties and effective risk assessment; (ii) insufficient written policies and procedures for accounting and financial reporting
with respect to the requirements and application of both US GAAP and SEC guidelines; (iii) inadequate security and restricted access
to computer systems including insufficient disaster recovery plans; and
(iv)
no written whistle-blower policy.
We
plan to take steps to enhance and improve the design of our internal controls over financial reporting when our company has sufficient
staff to allocate responsibilities. During the period covered by this Report, we have not been able to remediate the material weaknesses
identified above. To remediate such weaknesses, we plan to implement the following changes once our financial resources will support
the required staffing level: (i) appoint additional qualified personnel to address inadequate segregation of duties and ineffective risk
management; (ii) adopt sufficient written policies and procedures for accounting and financial reporting and a whistle-blower policy;
and (iii) implement sufficient security and restricted access measures regarding our computer systems and implement a disaster recovery
plan. The remediation efforts set out in (i) and (iii) are largely dependent upon our company securing additional financing to cover
the costs of implementing the changes required. If we are unsuccessful in securing such funds, remediation efforts may be adversely effected
in a material manner.
This
Report does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial
reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting was not subject to attestation by our independent registered public accounting
firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit us to provide only management’s report in
this Report.
Because
of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues,
if any, within our company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can
be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake.
Changes
In Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.
There
were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the year ended December 31, 2024 that have materially affected,
or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item
9B.
Other
Information.
None .
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PART
III
Item
10.
Directors,
Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Directors
and Executive Officers
Our
directors and executive officers, their ages and their positions held with our company are as follows:
Name
Age
Position(s)
Held with the Company
Michael
Campbell
69
Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Joel
D. Stone
55
President
and Chief Operations Officer
Dean
S. Skupen
64
Chief
Financial Officer
Steven
Shum
55
Director
Sean
Fontenot
45
Director
There
are no arrangements between our directors and any other person pursuant to which our directors were nominated or elected for their positions.
There are no family relationships among our directors or officers.
The
following biographical information regarding our directors and executive officers.
Michael
Campbell . Mr. Campbell became our Chief Executive Officer on September 12, 2018. For the past 20 years, Mr. Campbell has been
the managing director of M1 Advisors LLC, a business advisory and consulting firm that has engineered, orchestrated and provided support
and services to numerous private-to-public transitions, debt and equity financings and hyper- organic-growth and consolidation strategies
in a wide range of industries. In addition, from December 2011 to February 2017, Mr. Campbell was the Chief Executive Officer and a director
of NXChain, Inc., a publicly-traded start-up shell company in the cryptocurrency business that was a successor to AgriVest Americas Inc.,
a publicly-traded start-up shell company that sought to acquire cattle ranches in Brazil for conversion to soybean farms. Mr. Campbell
spent the first 20 years of his career in the high-tech industry creating and operating various companies that included a computer retailing
operation, data-storage peripheral company with three computer disk-drive manufacturing companies through joint ventures with the Russian,
Chinese and Spanish governments, a specialized call-center company for telco broadband provisioning and an online broadband services
ordering and order aggregation company with the Regional Bell Operating Companies.
Joel
D. Stone . Mr. Stone became our President and Chief Operating Officer on March 28, 2023. Mr. Stone has 24 years of broad-based
operations, engineering, construction, integration, transformation, and technical leadership in the data center infrastructure, sourcing,
and telecommunications industries. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Stone led the Global Site Sourcing teams for Meta Platforms that
supported the data center infrastructure teams from 2019 to 2022. Prior to 2019, Mr. Stone served as Senior Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer of RagingWire Data Centers, an NTT communications company, where he was responsible for critical facilities engineering,
design, construction, and data center operations from 2016-2018. Prior to RagingWire, Mr. Stone served as Vice President of Global Data
Center Operations for CenturyLink Communications, responsible for 58 data centers around the world and a global team of 600+ people from
2011to 2016. Prior to CenturyLink, Mr. Stone was Group Operations Director at Global Switch in London, one of the largest wholesale data
center providers in Europe and Asia. Mr. Stone spent nine years at Microsoft where he was responsible for all North America data center
operations. Earlier in his career, Mr. Stone built-out two state-of-the-art data centers in Silicon Valley (Santa Clara) for Cable &
Wireless Communications.
Dean
S. Skupen . Mr. Skupen became our Chief Financial Officer on September 12, 2018. Mr. Skupen is a business advisor who has provided
various financial accounting services to, or acted as the Interim Chief Financial Officer for, a number of public companies since 2010.
Prior to that, he was a Partner at Stonefield Josephson, Inc. (now Marcum, LLP), an accounting firm with five offices throughout California
where he provided auditing and consulting services to public companies and to privately-held entrepreneurial companies transitioning
to public ownership in diverse industries. Mr. Skupen graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science
degree in Accounting. In addition, he is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California.
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Steven
M. Shum. Mr. Shum became a director of our company on October 7, 2021. Mr. Shum has been Chief Executive Officer of INVO Bioscience
(NASDAQ: INVO) since October 2019 and a member of the board of directors of INVO Bioscience since October 2017. Prior to INVO Bioscience,
Mr. Shum served as Chief Financial Officer of Eastside Distilling (NASDAQ: EAST) from October 2015 to November 2019. Prior to joining
Eastside, from October 2008 until April 2015, Mr. Shum was an employee and a member of the board of directors of XZERES Corp. (OTCQB:XPWR),
a global renewable energy company, where he served in various officer roles, including Chief Operating Officer from September 2014 until
April 2015, Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Secretary from April 2010 until September 2014 (under former name,
Cascade Wind Corp) and Chief Executive Officer and President from October 2008 to August 2010. Mr. Shum also serves as the managing principal
of Core Fund Management, LP and the Fund Manager of Core Fund, LP. He was a founder of Revere Data LLC (now part of Factset Research
Systems, Inc.) and served as its Executive Vice President for four years, heading up the product development efforts and contributing
to operations, business development, and sales. He spent six years as an investment research analyst and portfolio manager of D.N.B.
Capital Management, Inc. His previous employers include Red Chip Review and Laughlin Group of Companies. He earned a B.S. in Finance
and a B.S. in General Management from Portland State University in 1992.
Sean
Fontenot. Mr. Fontenot became a director of our company on October 7, 2021. Mr. Fontenot has spent more than 20 years as a self-employed
IT and network specialist and in 2017 became an executive producer of independent films. Mr. Fontenot is a technology enthusiast and
film producer that manages a 5013c foundation dedicated to (i) educating the public on the history of video, arcade, and computer gaming
- including the technical aspects and the impact of games on society; (ii) fostering public interest in software development and gaming
hardware to enable technological growth and inspire the next generation of developers, and (iii) developing public space for action sports’
recreation - including mentoring youths and building programs designed to help bridge the gender gap in various action sports categories
as well as underserved community members.
Involvement
in Certain Legal Proceedings
None
of our directors and executive officers have been involved in any of the following events during the past ten years:
1.
any
bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which such person was a general partner or executive officer either at the
time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time;
2.
any
conviction in a criminal proceeding or being subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor
offences);
3.
being
subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction,
permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities
or banking activities;
4.
being
found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, where the judgment has not been reversed, suspended,
or vacated;
5.
being
the subject of, or a party to, any federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently
reversed, suspended or vacated, relating to an alleged violation of (i) any federal or state securities or commodities law or regulation;
(ii) any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or
permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease- and-desist order,
or removal or prohibition order; or (iii) any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business
entity; or being the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory
organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), any registered entity (as defined in Section
1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority
over its members or persons associated with a member.
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Director
Independence
Our
board of directors has reviewed the composition of our board of directors and the independence of each director. Based upon information
requested from and provided by each director concerning his background, employment and affiliations, including family relationships,
our board of directors has determined that each of Steven Shum and Sean Fontenot is an “independent director” as defined
under Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules. In making such determinations, our board of directors considered the relationships
that each such non-employee director has with our company and all other facts and circumstances our board of directors deemed relevant
in determining independence, including the beneficial ownership of our capital stock by each non-employee director.
Board
Committees
We
do not have a standing Audit Committee. We do not believe that the lack of an Audit Committee has had or will have any adverse effect
on our financial statements, based upon current operations; however, our board of directors will consider establishing an Audit Committee
of independent directors as the number of directors increases. Until such time, our board of directors will perform the duties of an
Audit Committee including delegating an auditor firm and interacting with them.
We
do not have a standing Compensation Committee. Presently, the salary and benefits of our executive officers are determined by our entire
board of directors. As we continue to develop our data center and commence selling colocation services, we expect to increase the size
of our board to include independent directors who will approve the compensation arrangements with our executive officers.
We
also do not have a Nominating Committee as we have not adopted any procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to our
board of directors.
Code
of Ethics
Effective
March 28, 2022, our Board of Directors adopted an amended Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to, among other persons, members
of our board of directors, our company’s officers, contractors, consultants and advisors. We will provide a copy of the Code of
Business Conduct and Ethics to any person without charge, upon request. Requests can be sent to our company at the address on the cover
of this Annual Report.
Delinquent
Section 16(a) Reports
Section
16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers, directors and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of our common
stock to file with the SEC reports of their ownership and changes in their ownership of our common stock. To our knowledge, based
solely on review of the copies of such reports and amendments to such reports with respect to the year ended December 31, 2024 filed
with the SEC, all required Section 16 reports under the Exchange Act for our directors, executive officers and beneficial owners of
greater than 10% of our common stock were filed on a timely basis during the year ended December 31, 2024, except for a late Form 4
filing for Michael Campbell. As of the date of the filing of this annual report, such Form 4 filing has been
made.
Item
11.
Executive
Compensation.
The
following table sets forth all compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to the executive officers of our company during the years ended
December 31, 2024 and 2023. No compensation was paid to any other executive officer of our company during such periods.
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SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE
Name and Principal Position
Fiscal Year
Salary ($)
Bonus ($)
Stock Awards ($)
Option/Warrant Awards (4) ($)
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings
($)
All Other Compensation ($)
Total ($)
Michael Campbell
2024
239,999
-
-
323,050
-
-
92,006 (1)
655,055
Chief Executive Officer
2023
-
-
1,601,110
-
-
204,179 (1)
1,805,289
Joel D. Stone
2024
225,000
-
-
786,092
-
-
-
1,011,092
President and Chief Operating Officer (2)
2023
187,500
-
-
409,968
-
-
38,396
635,864
Dean S. Skupen
2024
-
-
-
-
-
-
60,000 (3)
60,000
Chief Financial
Officer
2023
-
-
-
-
-
-
60,000 (3)
60,000
(1)
Represented
amounts earned by Mr. Campbell as a consultant to our company. Mr. Campbell became an employee of our company in March 2024.
(2)
Mr.
Stone became our President and Chief Operating Officer on March 28, 2023.
(3)
Represents
amounts earned by Mr. Skupen under his consulting agreement.
(4)
Reflects
the aggregate fair value computed in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standard Board Accounting Standards
Codification Topic 718, or ASC 718. See Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024 included
in this report regarding assumptions underlying the valuation of equity awards. These amounts reflect the accounting cost for these
stock options and do not reflect the actual economic value that may be realized by the named executive officer upon the vesting of
the stock options, the exercise of the stock options, or the sale of the common stock underlying such stock options.
Employment
Agreement
On
June 19, 2023, we entered into an Employment Agreement dated as of June 19, 2023 (the “Employment Agreement”) with Joel D.
Stone, our President and Chief Operating Officer. Pursuant to the terms of the Employment Agreement, Mr. Stone received or will receive
(i) an annual base salary of $250,000, which amount may be increased upon our reaching certain benchmarks described in the Employment
Agreement, as determined in our sole discretion; (ii) an initial option grant of seven-year options to purchase 2,500,000 shares of our
common stock for a purchase price of $0.50 per share, of which the right to purchase up to 1,250,000 shares will vest in equal installments
over a period of three years and the right to purchase up to 1,250,000 shares will vest upon our completing certain milestones that are
set out in the Employment Agreement; and (iii) the right to participate in all benefit plans offered to our senior executive officers.
The
Employment Agreement also provides for certain severance benefits upon a termination by us without “cause” or by Mr. Stone
for “good reason.” In the event of a termination by us without “cause” or by Mr. Stone for “good reason”
after the first full year of employment, Mr. Stone will be entitled to (i) continued payment of his base salary for the lesser of six
(6) months or the remaining term of the Employment Agreement, subject to Mr. Stone signing a timely and effective separation agreement
containing a release of all claims against us and other customary terms; provided, however, that if such termination is between the 91 st
day and the end of the first year of employment, Mr. Stone will be entitled to a pro rata portion of such payment.
The
Employment Agreement contains customary confidentiality restrictions and work-product provisions with respect to Mr. Stone, as well as
customary non-competition covenants and non-solicitation covenants with respect to our employees, consultants and customers.
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Consulting
Agreements
On
October 20, 2018, we entered into a consulting agreement with DSS Consulting Corporation, a corporation controlled by Dean Skupen, our
Chief Financial Officer (“DSS Consulting”), pursuant to which DSS Consulting agreed to continue to provide consulting services
to our company and to cause Mr. Skupen to serve as our Chief Financial Officer. The agreement with DSS Consulting will continue until
terminated by either party. Pursuant to such agreement, DSS Consulting was issued 250,000 shares of common stock in March 2019 and DSS
Consulting will be paid a monthly consulting fee in the amount of $5,000. The consulting agreement contains customary confidentiality
restrictions and work-product provisions, as well as customary non-competition covenants and non-solicitation covenants with respect
to our employees, consultants and customers.
Equity
Compensation Plan Information
The
following table provides information as of December 31, 2024, regarding our compensation plans under which equity securities are authorized
for issuance:
Plan
category
Number
of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights
Weighted-
Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights
Number
of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans (Excluding Securities Reflected in Column (a))
(a)
(b)
(c)
2021
Equity compensation plan approved by security holders
8,204,000
$
0.97
1,796,000
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
—
—
—
Total
8,204,000
$
0.97
1,796,000
2021
Equity Incentive Plan
On
October 4, 2021, we adopted our 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Plan”) to provide an additional means to attract,
motivate, retain and reward selected employees and other eligible persons. Our stockholders also approved the Equity Plan on October
4, 2021. On November 28 2023, our board of directors approved an increase in the number shares of common stock reserved for issuance
under the Equity Plan to 10,000,000 shares, subject to stockholder approval, which has not yet been obtained. Employees, officers, directors
and consultants who provide services to us or one of our subsidiaries were eligible to receive awards under the Equity Plan. Awards under
the Equity Plan are issuable in the form of incentive or nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock bonuses, restricted
stock, stock units and other forms of awards including cash awards.
As
of December 31, 2024, options to purchase an aggregate of 8,204,000 shares of common stock had been granted under the Equity Plan, and 1,796,000
shares authorized under the Equity Plan remained available for award purposes.
Purpose .
The purpose of the Equity Plan is to further and promote the interests of our company and its stockholders by enabling us to attract,
retain and motivate employees, directors and consultants, or those who will become employees, directors or consultants, and to align
the interests of those individuals with the interests of our stockholders.
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Administration .
The Equity Plan will be administered by an independent compensation committee appointed by the Board (the “Compensation Committee”),
which will have general administrative authority for the Equity Plan. In the event that the Board has not appointed the Compensation
Committee, then the Board shall have all the powers of the Compensation Committee under the Equity Plan. The Compensation Committee may
delegate certain limited authority to one or more of our senior executive officers to grant awards to employees who are not subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Additionally, the Compensation Committee may designate persons other than members of the Compensation
Committee to carry out the day-to-day ministerial administration of the Equity Plan (other than with regard to the selection for participation
in the Equity Plan and/or the granting of any awards to participants) under such conditions and limitations as prescribed by the Compensation
Committee (the appropriate acting body, be it the Compensation Committee, the Board, or an executive officer within his or her delegated
authority, is referred to herein as the “Administrator”). The Administrator’s determinations under the Equity Plan
need not be uniform and may be made selectively among the Equity Plan’s participants, whether or not such participants are similarly
situated.
The
Administrator has broad authority under the Equity Plan with respect to award grants including, without limitation, the authority to:
●
select
the Equity Plan’s participants;
●
make
awards in such amounts and form as the Administrator shall determine;
●
impose
such restrictions, terms and conditions upon such awards as the Administrator shall deem appropriate; and
●
correct
any technical defect(s) or technical omission(s), or reconciling any technical inconsistency(ies), in the Equity Plan and/or any
award agreement.
Eligibility.
Persons eligible to receive awards under the Equity Plan include employees, directors and consultants, or those who will become
employees, directors or consultants, of our company and/or its subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the above, incentive stock options may only
be granted under the Equity Plan to our employees.
Authorized
Shares . The maximum number of shares of common stock that may be initially issued or transferred pursuant to awards under the
Equity Plan shall not exceed 10,000,000 shares, all of which may be issued as any type of award permitted under the Equity Plan, including,
but not limited to, incentive stock options.
Types
of Awards . The Equity Plan authorizes awards of stock options and restricted shares of common stock.
A
stock option is the right to purchase shares of common stock at a future date at a specified price per share. The per share exercise
price of an option generally may not be less than the fair market value of a share of common stock on the date of grant. The maximum
term of an option is ten years from the date of grant. An option may either be an incentive stock option or a nonqualified stock option.
Incentive stock option benefits are taxed differently from nonqualified stock options, as described under “Federal Income Tax Consequences
of Awards Under the Plan” below. Incentive stock options are also subject to more restrictive terms and are limited in amount by
the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and the Equity Plan. Incentive stock options may only be granted to employees
of our company or a subsidiary.
Restricted
shares are shares of common stock granted to Equity Plan participants, subject to such restrictions, terms and conditions, if any, as
the Administrator deems appropriate, including, without limitation, (a) restrictions on the sale, assignment, transfer, hypothecation
or other disposition of such shares, (b) the requirement that the participant deposit such shares with our company while such shares
are subject to such restrictions, and (c) the requirement that such shares be forfeited upon termination of employment or service with
our company for any reason or for specified reasons within a specified period of time or for other reasons (including, without limitation,
the failure to achieve designated performance goals). Upon satisfaction or lapse of the applicable restrictions, terms, and conditions,
subject to applicable securities laws, the participant will receive shares of common stock in exchange for such restricted shares.
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Dividend
Equivalents; Deferrals . The Administrator may provide for the deferred payment of awards and may determine the other terms applicable
to deferrals. The Administrator may provide that awards under the Equity Plan earn dividends or dividend equivalents based on the amount
of dividends paid on outstanding shares of common stock.
Assumption
and Termination of Awards . Generally, and subject to limited exceptions set forth in the Equity Plan, if we dissolve or undergo
certain corporate transactions such as a merger, business combination, or other reorganization, or a sale of substantially all of its
assets, all awards then-outstanding under the Equity Plan will become fully vested or paid, as applicable, and will terminate or be terminated
in such circumstances, unless the Administrator provides for the assumption, substitution or other continuation of the award. The Administrator
also has the discretion to establish other change in control provisions with respect to awards granted under the Equity Plan. For example,
the Administrator could provide for the acceleration of vesting or payment of an award in connection with a corporate event that is not
described above and provide that any such acceleration shall be automatic upon the occurrence of any such event.
Clawback .
We may cancel any award under the Equity Plan, require reimbursement from a participant, and effect any other right of recoupment
of equity or other compensation provided under the Equity Plan in accordance with any clawback policies adopted by us.
Transfer
Restrictions . Subject to certain exceptions contained in the Equity Plan, awards under the Equity Plan generally are not transferable
by the recipient other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and are generally exercisable, during the recipient’s
lifetime, only by the recipient. Any amounts payable or shares issuable pursuant to an award generally will be paid only to the recipient
or the recipient’s beneficiary or representative. The Administrator has discretion, however, to establish written conditions and
procedures for the transfer of awards to other persons or entities, provided that such transfers comply with applicable federal and state
securities laws.
Adjustments .
As is customary in incentive plans of this nature, each share limit and the number and kind of shares available under the Equity
Plan and any outstanding awards, as well as the exercise or purchase prices of awards, and performance targets under certain types of
performance-based awards, are subject to adjustment in the event of certain reorganizations, mergers, combinations, recapitalizations,
stock splits, stock dividends, or other similar events that change the number or kind of shares outstanding, and extraordinary dividends
or distributions of property to the stockholders.
No
Limit on Other Authority . The Equity Plan does not limit the authority of the Board or any committee to grant awards or authorize
any other compensation, with or without reference to our common stock, under any other plan or authority.
Termination
of or Changes to the Equity Plan . The Board may amend or terminate the Equity Plan at any time and in any manner. Stockholder
approval for an amendment will be required only to the extent then required by applicable law or any applicable listing agency or required
under Sections 422 or 424 of the Code to preserve the intended tax consequences of the plan. For example, stockholder approval will be
required for any amendment that proposes to increase the maximum number of shares that may be delivered with respect to awards granted
under the Equity Plan (adjustments as a result of stock splits or similar events will not, however, be considered an amendment requiring
stockholder approval). Unless terminated earlier by the Board, the authority to grant new awards under the Equity Plan will terminate
on October 4, 2031. Outstanding awards, as well as the Administrator’s authority with respect thereto, generally will continue
following the expiration or termination of the Equity Plan. Generally speaking, outstanding awards may be amended by the Administrator
(except for a repricing), but the consent of the award holder is required if the amendment (or any Equity Plan amendment) materially
and adversely affects the holder.
Federal
Income Tax Consequences of Awards under the Plan.
The
U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Equity Plan under current federal law, which is subject to change, are summarized in the
following discussion of the general tax principles applicable to the Equity Plan. This summary is not intended to be exhaustive and,
among other considerations, does not describe the deferred compensation provisions of Section 409A of the Code to the extent an award
is subject to and does not satisfy those rules, nor does it describe certain elections under the Code (such as an election under Code
Section 83(b)), alternative minimum tax, or state, local, or international tax consequences.
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With
respect to nonqualified stock options, we are generally entitled to deduct, and the participant recognizes taxable income in an amount
equal to the difference between the option exercise price and the fair market value of the shares at the time of exercise. With respect
to incentive stock options, we are generally not entitled to a deduction nor does the participant recognize income at the time of exercise,
although the participant may be subject to the U.S. federal alternative minimum tax. Upon a disposition of shares acquired by exercise
of an incentive stock option before the end of the applicable incentive stock option holding periods, the participant generally must
recognize ordinary income equal to the lesser of (i) the fair market value of the shares at the date of exercise minus the exercise price
or (ii) the amount realized upon the disposition of the incentive stock option shares minus the exercise price. Otherwise, a participant’s
disposition of shares acquired upon the exercise of an option (including an incentive stock option for which the incentive stock option
holding periods are met) generally will result in only capital gain or loss.
With
respect to restricted shares, we are generally entitled to deduct and the participant recognizes taxable income in an amount equal to
the excess of the fair market value over the price paid (if any) only at the time the restrictions lapse (unless the recipient elects
to accelerate recognition as of the date of grant).
If
an award is accelerated under the Equity Plan in connection with a “change in control” (as this term is used under the Code),
we may not be permitted to deduct the portion of the compensation attributable to the acceleration (“parachute payments”)
if it exceeds certain threshold limits under the Code (and certain related excise taxes may be triggered).
We
have the authority and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a participant to remit to us, an amount sufficient to satisfy any
income, payroll, and other taxes (including, without limitation, pursuant to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act and the Federal
Unemployment Tax Act) to the extent required by law to be withheld with respect to any taxable event concerning a participant arising
as a result of an award under the Equity Plan.
Incentive
Plan Awards
No
equity awards or grants were made to our named executive officers during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
The
following table sets forth outstanding equity awards to our named executive officers as of December 31, 2024.
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Option/Warrants Awards
Stock Awards
Name
Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options/Warrants (#) Exercisable
Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options/Warrants (#) Unexercisable
Exercise Price
($)
Expiration Date
Number of Shares or Units of Stock that have not Vested
Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock that have not Vested
Michael Campbell (1)
3,545,801
-
$ 0.54
12/31/2028
-
-
Michael Campbell (1)
500,000
-
0.54
12/31/2030
-
-
Michael Campbell (2)
166,667
333,333
0.54
12/6/2030
-
-
Michael Campbell (3)
500,000
0.54
12/6/2030
-
-
Joel D. Stone (2)
166,667
333,333
0.50
12/6/2030
-
-
Joel D. Stone (3)
500,000
0.50
12/6/2030
-
-
Joel D. Stone (4)
1,250,000
0.50
6/19/2030
-
-
Joel D. Stone (5)
200,000
400,000
0.54
6/19/2030
-
-
Joel D. Stone (5)
216,666
433,334
0.54
6/19/2030
-
-
(1)
Granted
on December 6, 2023. Represents fully-vested options/warrants granted to M1 Advisors LLC, a company controlled by Michael Campbell.
(2)
Granted
on December 6, 2023. One third vest on 1 st anniversary of grant date, one third on the 2 nd anniversary of grant
date and one third on the 3rd anniversary of grant date.
(3)
Granted
on December 6, 2023. These options vest at various times based on the achievement of various performance milestones.
(4)
Granted
on June 19, 2023. These options vest at various times based on the achievement of various performance milestones.
(5)
Granted
on June 19, 2023. One third vest on 1 st anniversary of grant date, one third on the 2 nd anniversary of grant
date and one third on the 3rd anniversary of grant date.
Aggregated
Option Exercises
There
were no options exercised by any officer or director of our company during the year ended December 31, 2024.
Director
Compensation
General.
The following discussion describes the significant elements of the expected compensation program for members of our board of directors
and its committees. The compensation of our directors is designed to attract and retain committed and qualified directors and to align
their compensation with the long-term interests of our shareholders. Directors who are also executive officers (each, an “Excluded
Director”) will not be entitled to receive any compensation for his or her service as a director, committee member or Chair of
our board of directors or of any committee of our board of directors.
Director
Compensation Arrangements. Our non-employee director compensation program is designed to attract and retain qualified individuals
to serve on our board of directors. Our board of directors, on the recommendation of our compensation committee, will be responsible
for reviewing and approving any changes to the directors’ compensation arrangements. In consideration for serving on our board
of directors, each director (other than Excluded Directors) will be paid an annual retainer. All directors will be reimbursed for their
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred while serving as directors.
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Cash
Compensation. We did not pay any cash compensation to our directors during the year ended December 31, 2024. However, we intend to
implement a cash compensation program for our board members in the future.
Equity
Awards. We did not grant any compensatory equity awards to our directors during the year ended December 31, 2024. However,
we intend to implement a program for the grant of equity awards to our board members in the future.
Pension
and Retirement Plans
Currently,
we do not offer any annuity, pension or retirement benefits to be paid to any of our officers, directors or employees, in the event of
retirement.
Item
12.
Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
The
following table sets forth, as of March 15, 2025, the names, addresses and number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by (i)
all persons known to our management to be beneficial owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, (ii) each
director of our company, (iii) each named Executive Officer and (iv) all executive officers and directors of our company as a group (except
as indicated, each beneficial owner listed exercises sole voting power and sole dispositive power over the shares beneficially owned):
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership
Percent of Class(1)
Michael Campbell (2)
13,066,667
36.2 %
Joel Stone (3)
583,333
1.6 %
Dean Skupen (4)
325,000
0.9 %
Steven Shum (5)
565,010
1.6 %
Sean Fontenot (6)
14,283,263
39.5 %
All executive officers and directors as a group
(5 persons)
28,823,273
79.8 %
(1)
As
of March 15, 2025, there were 25,730,540 shares of common stock outstanding. Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table, we believe
that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all common stock shown as beneficially
owned by them. In accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), a person or
entity is deemed to be the beneficial owner of common stock that can be acquired by such person or entity within sixty (60) days
upon the exercise of options or warrants or other rights to acquire common stock. Each beneficial owner’s percentage of ownership
is determined by assuming that options and warrants that are held by such person (but not those held by any other person) and which
are exercisable within sixty (60) days have been exercised. The inclusion herein of such shares listed as beneficially owned does
not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership.
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(2)
Represents (i) 8,854,199 shares of common stock owned of record by M1 Advisors
LLC, a company controlled by Michael Campbell, (ii) currently-exercisable warrants to purchase 3,545,801 shares of common stock owned
of record by M1 Advisors LLC, (iii) currently-exercisable stock options to purchase 500,000 shares of common stock owned by M1 Advisors
LLC, and (iv) currently-exercisable stock options to purchase 166,667 shares of common stock owned by Michael Campbell. The address of
Michael Campbell and M1 Advisors LLC is 11753 Willard Avenue, Tustin, CA 92782. Mr. Campbell has sole voting and investment power over
the shares held by M1 Advisors LLC.
(3)
Represents currently-exercisable stock options to purchase 583,333 shares
of common stock owned by Joel Stone.
(4)
Represents
shares of common stock owned of record by DSS Consulting Corporation, a company controlled by Dean Skupen. DSS Consulting Corporation’s
address is 30 N Gould Street, Suite 12829, Sharidan, WY 82801 Mr. Skupen has sole voting and investment power over the shares held
by DSS Consulting Corporation.
(5)
Represents
(i) 161,010 shares of common stock owned of record by Core Fund Management, LP, a company controlled by Steven Shum and (ii) currently exercisable stock options to purchase 404,000 shares of common stock owned
by Steven Shum. The address of Core Fund Management, LP is 1515 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 606, Portland, OR 97201. Mr. Shum has sole voting
and investment power over the shares held by Core Fund Management.
(6)
Represents
(i) 9,074,386 shares of common stock owned of record by Nanosha LLC, a company controlled by Sean Fortenot, (ii) currently exercisable
warrants to purchase 4,458,877 shares of common stock owned of record by Nanosha LLC, and (iii) currently-exercisable stock options to
purchase 750,000 shares of common stock owned by Nanosha LLC. The address of Nanosha Investments LLC is 1202 Walnut Avenue, Long Beach,
CA 90813. Mr. Fontenot has sole voting and investment power over the securities held by Nanosha Investments, LLC.
Item
13.
Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
A
“related party transaction” is any actual or proposed transaction, arrangement or relationship or series of similar transactions,
arrangements or relationships, including those involving indebtedness not in the ordinary course of business, to which we or our subsidiaries
were or are a party, or in which we or our subsidiaries were or are a participant, in which the amount involved exceeded or exceeds the
lesser of (i) $120,000 or (ii) one percent of the average of our total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years and
in which any related party had or will have a direct or indirect material interest. A “related party” includes:
●
any
person who is, or at any time during the applicable period was, one of our executive officers or one of our directors;
●
any
person who beneficially owns more than 5% of our common stock;
●
any
immediate family member of any of the foregoing; or
●
any
entity in which any of the foregoing is a partner or principal or in a similar position or in which such person has a 10% or greater
beneficial ownership interest.
Other
than compensation arrangements for our named executive officers and directors, which we describe herein, the only related party transactions
to which we were a party during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, since December 31, 2024, or any currently proposed related
party transaction, are as follows.
Between
December 11, 2023 and February 20, 2024, we entered into a series of exchange subscription agreements (each, an “Exchange Agreement”)
with 14 holders (each, a “Holder”) of our outstanding promissory notes and, in certain cases, related outstanding stock purchase
warrants, pursuant to which we and the Holders agreed to exchange their promissory notes, and, if applicable, related stock purchase
warrants, for shares of our common stock. Pursuant to the Exchange Agreements, an aggregate of $5,417,459.50 of principal and accrued
interest under the outstanding promissory notes and, if applicable, related stock purchase warrants was exchanged for an aggregate of
10,834,919 shares of common stock (the “Exchange Shares”). Nanosha Investments LLC, a limited liability company controlled
by Sean Fontenot, a director of our company (“Nanosha”), entered into an Exchange Agreement with us pursuant to which it
exchanged (i) a promissory note with outstanding principal and accrued interest in the aggregate amount of $4,287,193, and (ii) a warrant
for the purchase of 1,540,000 shares of common stock, for 8,574,386 of the Exchange Shares.
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On
February 12, 2024, Nanosha made a loan to us in the amount of $1,000,000 in consideration for which we issued to Nanosha a promissory
note in the principal amount of $1,000,000 that bore interest at the rate of 10% per annum and originally matured on May 30, 2024 and
a five-year warrant to purchase up to 200,000 shares of common stock with an initial exercise price of $0.50 per share. On May 30, 2024,
we issued to Nanosha a five-year warrant to acquire 300,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $3.50 per share in consideration
for the agreement of Nanosha to extend the maturity date of our promissory note from May 30, 2024 to August 31, 2024 and on August 31,
2024, we issued to Nanosha a five-year warrant to acquire 300,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $3.80 per share in
consideration for the agreement of Nanosha to extend the maturity date of our promissory note from August 31, 2024 to December 31, 2024.
On
December 15, 2024, we entered into an exchange subscription agreement with Nanosha pursuant to which Nanosha exchanged (i) the promissory
note we issued to Nanosha on February 12, 2024 in the principal amount of $1,000,000, and (ii)
the warrants we issued to Nanosha on May 30, 2024 and August 31, 2024 for the purchase of an aggregate of 600,000 shares of common stock,
for (a) 500,000 shares of common stock and (b) a five-year warrant to purchase an aggregate of 2,258,877 shares of common stock for a
purchase price of $2.00 per share. In connection with such exchange, we paid accrued interest on the exchanged promissory note in the amount of $105,918
in cash.
Item
14.
Principal
Accountant Fees And Services.
Audit
Fees
The
aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by RBSM LLP, our principal accountants for the years ended December 31, 2024
and 2023, for the audit of financial statements, quarterly reviews of our interim financial statements and services normally provided
by the independent accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for these periods were as follows:
For
the Years ended December 31,
2024
2023
Audit Fees and Audit Related Fees
$ 45,000
$ 45,000
Tax Fees
-
-
All Other Fees
-
-
Total
$ 45,000
$ 45,000
In
the above table, “audit fees” are fees billed by our company’s external auditor for services provided in auditing our
company’s financial statements for the periods indicated above. “Audit-related fees” are fees not included in audit
fees that are billed by the auditor for assurance and related services, including quarterly reviews, that are reasonably related to the
performance of the audit of our company’s financial statements. “Tax fees” are fees billed by the auditor for professional
services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning. “All other fees” are fees billed by the auditor for products
and services not included in the foregoing categories.
Our
board of directors pre-approves all services provided by our independent auditors. All of the above services and fees were reviewed and
approved by our board of directors either before or after the respective services were rendered.
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PART
IV
Item.15.
Exhibits,
Financial Statement Schedules.
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Quarterly Report of Form 10-Q filed on May 15, 2024).
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 19, 2013).
4.1
Description of Registered Securities
10.1
2021 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit Annex A to our Schedule 14C Information Statement filed on October 21, 2021).
10.2
Consulting Agreement dated as of October 10, 2018 between CalEthos Inc. and DSS Consulting Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 31, 2022).
10.3
Employment Agreement dated as of June 19, 2023 between CalEthos Inc. and Joel Stone (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 27, 2023).
10.4
Warrant dated December 6, 2023 of CalEthos issued to M1 Advisors LLC.
10.5
Warrant dated February 12, 2024 of CalEthos Inc. issued to Nanosha Investments LLC. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on April 9, 2024.
10.6
Warrant dated December 15, 2024 of CalEthos Inc. issued to Nanosha Investments LLC.
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Code of Conduct and Ethics of CalEthos Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 31, 2022).
31.1
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.***
31.2
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.***
32.1
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.***
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signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company
and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on the 1st day of April 2025.
CalEthos,
Inc.
By:
/s/
Michael Campbell
Name:
Michael
Campbell
Title:
Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
Michael Campbell
Chief
Executive Officer and Director
April 1, 2025
Michael
Campbell
(Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/
Dean S. Skupen
Chief
Financial Officer
April 1, 2025
Dean
S. Skupen
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
/s/
Sean Fontenot
Director
April 1, 2025
Sean
Fontenot
(Director)
/s/
Steven Shum
Director
April 1, 2025
Steven
Shum
(Director)
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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this
Report:
Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB 587 ); RBSM LLP
F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2024 and 2023
F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the Years Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
F-4
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
F-7
F- 1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
CalEthos, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial
Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of CalEthos Inc., (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2024 and
2023, the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash
flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2024, and the related notes and schedules (collectively referred
to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the consolidated results of its operations
and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024 in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.
The
Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed
in Note 1 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements, although the Company has net income it is primarily attributable to non-cash
reversal of compensation for restricted stock units, has generated negative cash flows from operating activities, has an accumulated deficit
and has stated that substantial doubt exists about Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s evaluation
of the events and conditions and management’s plans regarding these matters are also described in Note 1. The consolidated financial
statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Basis
for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the
Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with
the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company
is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits,
we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion
on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error
or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide
a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical
Audit Matters
The critical audit matters are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required
to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements
and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective or complex judgments. RBSM determined there were no CAM’s for the audit
of the year ended December 31, 2024.
/s/
RBSM LLP
We have served as the Company’s
auditor since 2018.
New York, NY
April 1, 2025
PCAOB
ID No. 587
F- 2
CalEthos,
Inc.
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
As
of December 31,
2024
2023
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 286,000
$ 308,000
Prepaid and other current expenses
10,000
10,000
Total current assets
296,000
318,000
Data center Campus costs
5,849,000
2,262,000
Total assets
$ 6,145,000
$ 2,580,000
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
$ 504,000
$ 670,000
Convertible promissory notes, net
-
341,000
Notes payable, net of discount
11,000
11,000
Total current liabilities
515,000
1,022,000
Convertible debentures, net
1,313,000
-
Total liabilities
1,828,000
1,022,000
Stockholders’ equity
Series A convertible preferred stock, par value $ 0.001 , 3,600,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding
-
-
Preferred stock, par value $ 0.001 , 100,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding
-
-
Preferred stock, value
-
-
Common stock par value $ 0.001 : 100,000,000 shares authorized; 25,730,540 and 24,345,598 shares issued and outstanding
26,000
24,000
Additional paid-in capital
36,153,000
20,807,000
Other comprehensive income
9,000
9,000
Stock subscription receivable
( 1,000 )
( 2,000 )
Accumulated deficit
( 31,870,000 )
( 19,280,000 )
Total stockholders’ equity
4,317,000
1,558,000
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$ 6,145,000
$ 2,580,000
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F- 3
CalEthos,
Inc.
Consolidated
Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
For
the Years Ended December 31.
2024
2023
Revenues
$ -
$ -
Operating Expenses
Professional fees
386,000
344,000
Equity-based compensation
369,000
3,032,000
General and administrative expenses
49,000
38,000
Data center campus cost - abandonment
344,000
-
Payroll and related expense
259,000
51,000
Total operating expenses
1,407,000
3,465,000
Loss from operations
( 1,407,000 )
( 3,465,000 )
Other income (expenses)
Interest income
12,000
50,000
Financing costs
( 12,000 )
( 252,000 )
Financing costs – related party
( 2,398,000 )
-
Gain on settlement of accounts payable
-
23,000
Loss on extinguishment of notes payable – related party
( 2,317,000 )
-
Loss on extinguishment of convertible promissory notes
( 6,468,000 )
( 986,000 )
Total other expenses
( 11,183,000 )
( 1,165,000 )
Loss before provision for income taxes
( 12,590,000 )
( 4,630,000 )
Provision for income taxes
-
-
Net loss
( 12,590,000 )
( 4,630,000 )
Net loss per share - Basic and Diluted
( 0.50 )
( 0.24 )
Weighted Average common shares outstanding - Basic and Diluted
25,152,137
19,157,230
Comprehensive (loss) income
Net loss
( 12,590,000 )
( 4,630,000 )
Foreign currency translation gain
-
4,000
Comprehensive loss
$ ( 12,590,000 )
$ ( 4,626,000 )
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F- 4
CalEthos,
Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
For
the Years Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Capital
Receivable
Income
Deficit
equity
Series A convertible preferred stock
Preferred Stock
Common Stock
Additional Paid-in
Stock Subscription
Other Comprehensive
Accumulated
Total Stockholders’
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Capital
Receivable
Income
Deficit
equity
Balance December 31, 2022
-
$ -
-
$ -
24,495,621
$ 24,000
$ 11,480,000
$ ( 2,000 )
$ 5,000
$ ( 14,650,000 )
$ ( 3,143,000 )
Cancellation of shares
-
-
-
-
( 10,000,000 )
( 10,000 )
10,000
-
-
-
-
Shares issued for extinguishment of convertible debentures
-
-
-
-
9,849,977
10,000
5,949,000
-
-
-
5,959,000
Equity-based compensation
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,368,000
-
-
-
3,368,000
Foreign currency translation income (loss)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,000
-
4,000
Net loss
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
( 4,630,000 )
( 4,630,000 )
Balance December 31, 2023
-
-
-
-
24,345,598
24,000
20,807,000
( 2,000 )
9,000
( 19,280,000 )
1,558,000
Balance
-
-
-
-
24,345,598
24,000
20,807,000
( 2,000 )
9,000
( 19,280,000 )
1,558,000
Shares issued for extinguishment of Convertible Debentures and accrued interest
884,942
1,000
6,927,000
-
-
-
6,928,000
Warrants issued for note payable extension
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,355,000
-
-
-
2,355,000
Shares issued for extinguishment of notes payable
-
-
-
-
500,000
1,000
874,000
-
-
-
875,000
Warrants issued for extinguishment of notes payable
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,441,000
-
-
-
2,441,000
Proceeds for stock subscription receivable
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,000
-
-
1,000
Equity-based compensation
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,749,000
-
-
-
2,749,000
Net loss
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
( 12,590,000 )
( 12,590,000 )
Balance December 31, 2024
-
$ -
-
$ -
25,730,540
$ 26,000
$ 36,153,000
$ ( 1,000 )
$ 9,000
$ ( 31,870,000 )
$ 4,317,000
Balance
-
$ -
-
$ -
25,730,540
$ 26,000
$ 36,153,000
$ ( 1,000 )
$ 9,000
$ ( 31,870,000 )
$ 4,317,000
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F- 5
CalEthos,
Inc.
Consolidated
Statements of Cashflow
For
the Years Ended December 31,
2024
2023
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net loss
$ ( 12,590,000 )
$ ( 4,630,000 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Amortization of note payable discounts
2,355,000
-
Amortization of debt issuance cost
9,000
-
Fair value of equity-based compensation
369,000
3,032,000
Gain on settlement of accounts payable
-
( 23,000 )
Loss on extinguishment of notes payable – related party
2,317,000
-
Loss on extinguishment of debt
6,468,000
986,000
Write off of development cost
344,000
-
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
-
( 6,000 )
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
( 131,000 )
606,000
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities
( 859,000 )
( 35,000 )
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Date center campus development cost
( 1,467,000 )
( 1,730,000 )
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
( 1,467,000 )
( 1,730,000 )
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Cash proceeds from issuance of convertible debentures
1,410,000
-
Cost for issuance of convertible debentures
( 106,000 )
-
Proceeds from stock subscription receivable
1,000
-
Cash proceeds for issuances of notes payable
1,000,000
-
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities
2,305,000
-
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
( 1,000 )
6,000
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
( 22,000 )
( 1,759,000 )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
308,000
2,067,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
$ 286,000
$ 308,000
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest
$ 100,000
$ -
Cash paid for income taxes
$ -
$ -
Non-cash investing and financing activities
Common stock and warrants issued for extinguishment of notes payable
$ 3,315,000
$ -
Note payable converted to equity
$ 1,000,000
$ -
Capitalized interest – project development cost
$ 81,000
$ 203,000
Convertible debentures accrued interest converted to equity
$ 459,000
$ 4,974,000
Equity-based compensation capitalized
$ 2,380,000
$ 336,000
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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CalEthos,
Inc.
Notes
to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For
the Years Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
Note
1 – Organization and Accounting Policies
ORGANIZATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES
CalEthos,
Inc. (the “Company” or “we”) was incorporated on March 20, 2002 under the laws of the State of Nevada.
As
of July 2022, the Company’s board of directors resolved to focus exclusively on developing a clean-energy-powered data center (“Data
Center Campus”). As such, the Company is implementing its plan to build aa large-scale, data center campus vertically integrated with onsite geothermal
power production In addition, the Company may acquire assets and all or part of other companies operating in the clean energy or data
center infrastructure industries or invest in or joint venture with other more-established companies already in the industry that would
add value to the Company’s business strategy.
Korean
entity
On
November 5, 2021, AIQ System Inc. (“AIQ”) was incorporated in Seoul, Republic of Korea. AIQ is authorized to issue 3 million
shares of common stock. At the date of incorporation, 10,000 shares were issued to the Company for 100,000,000 Korean Won, or approximately
$ 89,000 , for 100 % ownership of AIQ. As of July 2022, AIQ was placed into a dormant state of operations.
Basis
of Presentation
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”).
Principles
of Consolidation
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary from the formation date. All material
intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Going
Concern and Liquidity
The
Company incurred a net loss of approximately $ 12,590,000 for the year ended December 31, 2024, had an accumulated deficit of approximately
$ 31,870,000 as of December 31, 2024 and had no recurring revenue from operations. The Company has financed its activities principally
through debt and equity financing and shareholder contributions. Management expects to incur additional losses and cash outflows in the
foreseeable future in connection with its operating activities. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability
to continue as a going concern for one year from the issuance of these consolidated financial statements.
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The
Company’s consolidated financial statements have been presented on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of
assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.
The
Company is subject to a number of risks similar to those of other similar stage companies, including dependence on key individuals; successful
development, marketing and branding of services; the uncertainty of product development and generation of revenues; dependence on outside
sources of financing; risks associated with research and development; dependence on third-party suppliers and collaborators; protection
of intellectual property; and competition with larger, better-capitalized companies. Ultimately, the attainment of profitable operations
is dependent on future events, including obtaining adequate financing to fund the Company’s operations and generating a level of
revenues adequate to support the Company’s cost structure.
The
Company will need to raise debt or equity financing in the future in order to continue its operations and achieve its growth targets.
However, there can be no assurance that such financing will be available in sufficient amounts and on acceptable terms, when and if needed,
or at all. The precise amount and timing of the funding needs cannot be determined accurately at this time, and will depend on a number
of factors, including the development of the Company’s data center campus, approvals for construction permits, construction times,
delivery of critical equipment, market demand for the Company’s wholesale colocation data center services, the timing of customer
commitments for data center space, the management of working capital, and payment terms and conditions for purchase of the Company’s
services. The Company believes its cash balances and cash flow from operations will not be sufficient to fund its operations and growth
for the next twelve months from the issuance date of these financial statements. If the Company is unable to raise additional funding
from investors or through other avenues, it may not be able to continue as a going concern. The accompanying consolidated financial
statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.
Segment Reporting
The Company adopted FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment
Reporting (ASC Topic 280) for the annual reporting period ended December 31, 2024. The most significant provision was for the Company
to disclose significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), who is
the CEO. All expense categories on the Consolidated Statements of Operations are significant and there are no other significant segment
expenses that would require disclosure. The Company’s CODM, reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for
the purpose of making operating decisions, allocating resources, assessing financial performance and making strategic decisions related
to headcount and capital expenditures. The CODM regularly reviews net loss as reported on the Company’s consolidated statements
of operations. The CODM uses net loss as the measure of profit or loss to allocate resources and assess performance.
Since the Company operates as one reportable segment,
all financial information required by “Segment Reporting” can be found in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
The CODM does not review segment assets at a level other than that presented in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. There
are no intra-entity sales or transfers, and no significant expense categories regularly provided to the CODM beyond those disclosed in
the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect
the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods.
Foreign
Currency Translation
The
financial statements of foreign subsidiaries, for which the functional currency is the local currency, are translated into U.S. dollars
using the exchange rate at the consolidated balance sheet date for assets and liabilities and a weighted-average exchange rate during
the year for revenue, expenses, gains and losses. Translation adjustments are recorded as other comprehensive income (loss) within shareholders’
equity (deficit). Gains or losses from foreign currency transactions are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations.
Fair
Value Measurement
Fair
value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal
or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants as of the measurement date.
Applicable accounting guidance provides an established hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable
inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available. Observable inputs
are inputs that market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from
sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the Company’s assumptions about the factors that
market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability. There are three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
Level
1 -
Observable
inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level
2 -
Other
inputs that are directly or indirectly observable in the marketplace.
Level
3 -
Unobservable
inputs which are supported by little or no market activity.
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The
fair value hierarchy also requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when
measuring fair value.
As
of and for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company had no assets or liabilities that require fair value measurement.
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents.
Cash and cash equivalents are recorded at cost, which approximates their fair value. The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents
in banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) in accounts that at times may be in excess of the
federally insured limit of $ 250,000 per bank. The Company minimizes this risk by placing its cash deposits with major financial institutions.
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company had approximately $ 34,000 and $ 22,000 , respectively, in excess of the federal insurance
limit.
Prepaid
Expenses
Prepaid
expenses are assets held by the Company that are expected to be realized and consumed within twelve months after the reporting period.
Data
Center Campus Costs
Data
center cost is stated at cost, which includes the cost incurred to complete phase I of the Company’s data center development plan.
Phase I costs include the option payment for the land and the cost of consulting firms to provide power and connectivity assessments,
feasibility studies, engineering plans, and project benchmarking. Data center cost also includes internal cost such as payroll-related
cost and debt interest cost.
In
accordance with ASC 360-10-35, the Company reviews the carrying amounts of data center cost when events or changes in circumstances indicate
the assets may not be recoverable. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine
the extent of the impairment loss, if any. Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the Company
estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
The
recoverable amount is the higher of fair value, less costs of disposal and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future
cash flows to be derived from continuing use of the asset or cash-generating unit are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax
discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. Fair value less
costs of disposal is the amount obtainable from the sale of an asset or cash-generating unit in an arm’s length transaction between
knowledgeable, willing parties, less the cost of disposal. When a binding sale agreement is not available, fair value less costs of disposal
is estimated using a discounted cash flow approach with inputs and assumptions consistent with those of a market participant. If the
recoverable amount of an asset or cash-generating unit is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the cash-generating
unit is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognized immediately in net income.
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As
of December 31, 2024, there have been no circumstances to indicate the asset may not be recoverable.
Related
Parties
The
Company follows Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”)
section 850-10 for the identification of related parties and disclosure of related-party transactions.
Pursuant
to ASC section 850-10-20, the related parties include (a.) affiliates of the Company (“Affiliate” means, with respect to
any specified Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or
is under common control with such Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act); (b.) entities
for which investments in their equity securities would be required, absent the election of the fair value option under the Fair Value
Option of ASC section 825–10–15, to be accounted for by the equity method by the investing entity; (c.) trusts for the benefit
of employees, such as pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of management; (d.) principal owners
of the Company; (e.) management of the Company; (f.) other parties with which the Company may deal if one party controls or can significantly
influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from
fully pursuing its own separate interests; and (g.) other parties that can significantly influence the management or operating policies
of the transacting parties or that have an ownership interest in one of the transacting parties and can significantly influence the other
to an extent that one or more of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests.
The
consolidated financial statements shall include disclosures of material related party transactions, other than compensation arrangements,
expense allowances, and other similar items in the ordinary course of business. However, disclosure of transactions that are eliminated
in the preparation of consolidated or combined financial statements is not required in those statements. The disclosures shall include:
(a.) the nature of the relationship(s) involved; (b.) a description of the transactions, including transactions to which no amounts or
nominal amounts were ascribed, for each of the periods for which income statements are presented, and such other information deemed necessary
to an understanding of the effects of the transactions on the financial statements; (c.) the dollar amounts of transactions for each
of the periods for which income statements are presented and the effects of any change in the method of establishing the terms from that
used in the preceding period; and (d.) amounts due from or to related parties as of the date of each balance sheet presented and, if
not otherwise apparent, the terms and manner of settlement.
Commitments
and Contingencies
The
Company follows ASC section 450-20 to report accounting for contingencies. Certain conditions may exist as of the date the consolidated
financial statements are issued, which may result in a loss to the Company, but which will only be resolved when one or more future events
occur or fail to occur. The Company assesses such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment.
In assessing loss contingencies related to legal proceedings that are pending against the Company or un-asserted claims that may result
in such proceedings, the Company evaluates the perceived merits of any legal proceedings or un-asserted claims as well as the perceived
merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought therein.
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If
the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss has been incurred and the amount of the liability
can be estimated, then the estimated liability would be accrued in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. If the assessment
indicates that a potential material loss contingency is not probable but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated,
then the nature of the contingent liability, and an estimate of the range of possible losses, if determinable and material, would be
disclosed.
Loss
contingencies considered remote are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the guarantees would be disclosed.
Stock-Based
Compensation
The
Company accounts for its stock-based compensation under ASC 718, “ Compensation – Stock Compensation ” using the
fair value-based method. Under this method, compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the value of the award and is recognized
over the service period, which is usually the vesting period. This guidance establishes standards for the accounting for transactions
in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services. It also addresses transactions in which an entity incurs liabilities
in exchange for goods or services that are based on the fair value of the entity’s equity instruments or that may be settled by
the issuance of those equity instruments.
The
Company uses the fair value method for equity instruments granted to non-employees and use the BSM model for measuring the fair value
of options. The stock-based fair value compensation is determined as of the date of the grant (measurement date) and is recognized over
the vesting periods.
Earnings
Per Share
The
Company uses ASC 260, “ Earnings Per Share ” for calculating the basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share. The Company
computes basic earnings (loss) per share by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted
earnings (loss) per share is computed based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock plus the effect of dilutive potential
common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method. Dilutive potential common shares include outstanding stock
options and warrants and stock awards. For periods with a net loss, basic and diluted loss per share is the same, in that any potential
common stock equivalents would have the effect of being anti-dilutive in the computation of net loss per share.
Securities
that could potentially dilute loss per share in the future were not included in the computation of diluted loss per share for the years
ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 because their inclusion would be anti-dilutive. Common stock equivalents amounted to 11,326,178 and
nil for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
The
Company’s management reviewed all recently issued accounting standard updates (“ASU’s”) not yet adopted by the
Company and does not believe the future adoptions of any such ASU’s may be expected to cause a material impact on the Company’s
consolidated financial condition or the results of its operations.
In October 2023, the FASB issued
ASU 2023-06, Disclosure Improvements: Codification Amendments in Response to the SEC’s Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative. The
amendments in this Update modify the disclosure or presentation requirements of a variety of Topics in the Codification. Certain of the
amendments represent clarifications to, or technical corrections of the current requirements. Each amendment in the ASU will only become
effective if the SEC removes the related disclosure or presentation requirement from its existing regulations by June 30, 2027. We are
currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of the provisions of the ASU will have on our consolidated financial statements. The
amendments in this ASU are not expected to have a material impact on the results of operations or financial position.
In November 2023, the FASB issued
ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (ASC Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures.” The amendments require the
disclosure of significant segment expenses as well as expanded interim disclosures, along with other changes to segment disclosure requirements.
The standard will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods beginning on or after December
15, 2024. We have implemented the provisions of the ASU 2023-07.
On December 14, 2023, the FASB
issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 requires
entities to disclose specific rate reconciliations, amount of income taxes separated by federal and individual jurisdiction, and the amount
of income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense (benefit) disaggregated between federal, state, and foreign. The
new standard is effective for the Company for its fiscal year beginning January 1, 2025, with early adoption permitted. The Company is
currently evaluating the impact of adopting the standard.
In November 2024, the FASB issued
ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40)”. The
amendments require the disclosure of specified information about certain costs and expenses including purchases of inventory, employee
compensation, depreciation, intangible asset amortization, and depreciation, depletion, and amortization recognized as part of oil and
gas producing activities. It also requires the disclosure of a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions
that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively as well as the total amount of selling expenses and, in annual reporting periods,
an entity’s definition of selling expenses. The standard will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and
interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. We are currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of the provisions
of the ASU will have on our consolidated financial statements. We are currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of the provisions
of the ASU will have on our consolidated financial statements.
Note
2 – Data Center Costs
DATA CENTER COSTS
On
July 22, 2024, the Company entered into an option agreement (“Option”) to acquire for a purchase price of $ 5,000,000 a 315 -acre
parcel of land (“New Property”) in Imperial County, California to be used for the development of the Company’s Data
Center Campus. With the execution of the Option, the Company paid a non-refundable deposit of $ 50,000 . The Option has an initial term
of one year and may be extended for an additional six-month period by the payment of $ 75,000 on or before July 21, 2025.
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On
March 30, 2023, the Company signed an option agreement (“Initial Option”) to acquire 80 acres of commercially-zoned land
(“Initial Property”) in Imperial County, California for $ 3,360,000 (“Purchase Price”). The Initial Property was
optioned to be the land used for the Company’s Data Center Campus. The Company paid a non-refundable deposit of $ 84,000 on the
signing of the Initial Option. On July 24, 2024 (“Termination Date”), the Company terminated (“Termination”)
the Initial Option as the Company believes the New Property is better suited for the Company’s Data Center Campus project.
As
of the Termination Date, the Company had approximately $ 4,158,000 of cost (“DCC Cost”) for the Data Center Campus project.
In accordance with ASC 790 and 360, the Company is required to determine the amount of DCC Cost (“Option Cost”) associated
with the Initial Property. The Option Cost is required to be exposed on the date the Company abandoned the Initial Option. The Company
has determined the date of abandonment was the Termination Date. As of the Termination Date, the Company had approximately $ 344,000 of
Option Cost. The remaining DCC Cost are related to the development activities to the overall Data Center Campus, as such are not cost
associated with the Initial Property.
As
of December 31, 2024, the Company has incurred DCC Cost of approximately $ 5,849,000 , which includes approximately $ 284,000 of capitalized
interest related to the interest calculated for the funds, from the Notes payable and Convertible promissory notes, used for the DCC
development expenditures.
Note
3 – Notes Payable
NOTES PAYABLE
Notes
payable transactions for the year ended December 31, are summarized as follows:
SCHEDULE
OF NOTES PAYABLE
2024
2023
Principal
Balance, beginning of the period
$ 11,000
$
61,000
Additions – related party
1,000,000
-
Settlement – related party
( 1,000,000 )
( 50,000
)
Balance, end of the period
11,000
11,000
Discount
Balance, beginning of the period
-
-
Additions – related party
2,355,000
-
Amortization – related party
2,355,000
-
Balance, end of the period
-
-
Net carrying amount
$ 11,000
$
11,000
In
February 2024, the Company issued a promissory note (“Promissory Note”) in the principal amount of $ 1,000,000 that bears
interest at the rate of 10 % per annum and originally matured on May 31, 2024 (“Maturity Date”). It also issued a five -year
warrant to purchase up to 200,000 shares of common stock with an initial exercise price of $ 0.50 per share (“Finance Warrant”).
In
accordance with ASC 470 - Debt , the Company has allocated $ 1,000,000 of cash proceeds on a relative fair value to the Promissory
Note and the Finance Warrant. The Finance Warrant was valued using the Black Scholes option pricing model for a total fair value of approximately
$ 1,389,000 based on a 2.5 -year term, volatility of 159 %, a risk-free equivalent yield of 4.1 %, and a stock price of $ 7.21 . The Finance
Warrant was ascribed a relative fair value of approximately $ 581,000 .
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On
the Maturity Date, the holder of the Promissory Note agreed to extend the Maturity Date to August 31, 2024 (“Extension Maturity”).
As consideration for the Extension, the Company issued to the holder a warrant to purchase 300,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock with an initial exercise price of $ 3.50 per share (“Extension Warrant”).
The
Extension Warrant was valued using the Black Scholes option pricing model for a total fair value of approximately $ 853,000 based on a
2.5 -year term, volatility of 163 %, a risk-free equivalent yield of 4.3 %, and a stock price of $ 3.5 . The fair value of $ 853,000 was recorded
as a debt discount to be amortized over the Extension period of three months. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had amortized approximately
$ 853,000 of the value of the Extension Warrant.
On
the Extension Maturity date, the holder of the Promissory Note agreed to extend the Extension Maturity to December 31, 2024 (“Additional
Extension”). As consideration for the Additional Extension date, the Company issued to the holder a warrant to purchase 300,000
shares of the Company’s common stock with an initial exercise price of $ 3.80 per share (“Additional Extension Warrant”).
The
Additional Extension Warrant was valued using the Black Scholes option pricing model for a total fair value of approximately $ 921,000
based on a 2.5 -year term, volatility of 162 %, a risk-free equivalent yield of 3.8 %, and a stock price of $ 3.80 . The fair value of $ 921,000
was recorded as a debt discount to be amortized over the Additional Extension period of four months. As of December 31, 2024, the Company
had amortized approximately $ 921,000 of the value of the Extension Warrant.
On
December 15, 2024 (“Exchange Date”), the Company entered into an exchange agreement (“Exchange Agreement”)
to settle the Promissory Note based on the Exchange Agreement, the Promissory Note was extinguished, as of the Exchange Date and the
Extension Warrant and Additional Extension Warrants (collectively “The Extension Warrants”) were cancelled . In
exchange the Company (i) made a payment of $100,000 for the accrued and unpaid interest, (ii) issued 500,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock with a fair value of $ 1.75
per share (based on the Company’s closing on the Exchange Date) (“Exchange Shares”), and issued a warrant to purchase 2,258,877
shares of the Company’s common stock as a price of $ 2.00
per share for a period of five
years (“Exchange Warrant’). On the Exchange Date the Exchange Warrant had a fair value of $ 3,196,000
calculated using the Black Scholes fair value option-pricing model with key input variables provided by management: volatility of 166 %,
the fair value of common stock $ 1.75 ,
estimated life range 2.5
years, risk-free rate of 4.25 %
and dividend rate of nil .
The
Company accounted for the Exchange agreement in accordance with ASC 470 – Debt. Therefore, the Company incurred a $ 2,317,000
loss on extinguishment, which was the difference between the fair value of The Extension Warrants compared to the aggregate fair
value of the Exchange Warrants and Exchange
Shares . The loss on extinguishment of note payable – related party was
calculated as follows:
SCHEDULE
OF LOSS ON EXTINGUISHMENT OF NOTE PAYABLE RELATED PARTY
Loan - principal balance
$ 1,000,000
Value The Extension Warrants - cancelled
755,000
Total Consideration
1,755,000
Share received
500,000
Stock price
1.75
Common stock value
875,000
Value of Exchange Warrant
3,197,000
Value received
4,072,000
Loss on extinguishment of note payable – related party
$ 2,317,000
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On
the Exchange Date the 600,000 Extension Warrants had a fair value of $ 755,000
calculated using the Black Scholes fair value option-pricing model with key input variables provided by management: volatility of 166 %,
the fair value of common stock $ 1.75 ,
estimated life range 2.5
years, risk-free rate of 4.25 %
and dividend rate of nil .
Interest
expense on the Promissory Note amounted to $ 103,000
and $ 9,000
for the years ended December 31, 2024
and 2023, respectively, of which approximately $ 60,000
and nil ,
respectively, were capitalized as data center development cost.
Note
4 – Convertible Debentures
CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES
Convertible
debentures transactions for the years ended December 31, are summarized as follows:
SCHEDULE
OF CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES
Principal
2024
2023
Balance, beginning of period
$ 341,000
$
4,613,000
Additions
1,410,000
-
Conversions
( 341,000 )
( 4,272,000
)
Balance, end of period
1,410,000
341,000
Debt issuance cost
Balance, beginning of period
-
-
Additions
106,000
-
Amortization
( 9,000 )
-
Balance, end of period
97,000
-
Net book value
$ 1,313,000
$
341,000
In
June 2024, the Company initiated a private place offering for its convertible promissory notes (the “Debentures”). As of
December 31, 2024, the net proceeds were approximately $ 1,304,000 , due to approximately $ 106,000 paid as debt issuance cost in connection
with the issuance of the Debentures. The Debentures bears interest at 10.0 % per annum with a default interest rate of 15.0 % per annum.
The principal amount and all accrued interest are payable on December 31, 2026. The holder of the Debentures has the option to convert
the unpaid principal and interest into shares of the Company’s common stock at the conversion rate of $ 2.00 per share, subject
to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends and the like and for issuances by the Company of common stock at a price per share that
is less than the then-current conversion price, subject to certain exceptions.
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In
accordance with the Debenture, the Company has the right to prepay the Debentures upon providing 45 days of its intention to prepay.
The
outstanding principal amount of the Debentures and all accrued interest thereon shall automatically be converted into shares of common
stock at the then effective conversion price upon (i) the close of business on the sixtieth (60th) consecutive day on which the VWAP
of the Company’s common stock is at least $ 4.00 per share, subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend,
stock split, stock combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the common stock, or (ii) the execution by the Company
of a long-term lease with a data center client for all or a substantial portion of the Company’s planned data center development
project.
In
December 2023, the Company offered the holders of the Company’s outstanding convertible promissory notes in the aggregate principal
amount of $ 341,000 the option to convert such notes into the Company’s common stock at a price ranging from $ 0.51 to $ 0.54 per
share. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company converted principal and interest of approximately $ 341,000 and $ 119,000 ,
respectively (a total of $ 460,000 ), for 884,942 shares of the Company’s common stock with a fair market value of approximately
$ 6,928,000 as of the dates of conversion. As the terms of the conversion were not in accordance with the original conversion feature,
the holders of such notes did not provide any concession to the Company, and there was not an inducement to the holders to convert. As
the offer did not have a time limit, the Company has accounted for the conversion in accordance with ASC 470-50-40-4. The difference
between the fair value of the consideration paid of approximately $ 6,928,000 and the liability of $ 460,000 was approximately $ 6,468,000 ,
which was accounted for as a loss on liability settlement. The loss on the settlement was recorded as a loss on extinguishment of debt
on the statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
Interest
expense on these convertible promissory notes amounted to $ 32,000
and $ 439,000
for the years ended December 31, 2024
and 2023, respectively, of which $ 21,000
and $ 2 03 ,000 ,
respectively, was capitalized as Data Center Campus Cost.
Note
5 – Commitments and Contingencies
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Litigation
From
time to time, the Company may become subject to legal proceedings, claims and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business.
The Company is not currently a party to any material legal proceedings, nor is the Company aware of any pending or threatened litigation
that would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, operating results, cash flows or financial condition should
such litigation be resolved unfavorably.
Employment
Agreement
Chief
Operating Officer
In
June 2023, the Company executed an employment agreement (“Employment Agreement”) to employ an individual to be the Company’s
President and Chief Operating Officer (“Executive”). As compensation for services rendered, the Executive will be paid a
base salary of $ 250,000 per annum. The Executive’s base salary may be increased as certain milestones are met, such as 1) when
the necessary governmental permits are granted to start construction of the Company’s initial data center, 2) once the initial
data center is operational and at least 25% of the planned megawatts of collation capacity is leased. Also, at the discretion of the
Company, following each calendar year of continued employment, the Executive shall be eligible to receive a discretionary bonus of up
to fifty percent (50%) of Executive’s base salary during the first year of employment, up to seventy-five percent (75%) of Executive’s
then-current base salary during the second year of employment, and up to one-hundred percent (100%) of Executive’s then-current
base salary during Executive’s third year of employment. Payment of any bonus will be based on achieving certain goals and performance
criteria established by the Company. In addition, the Executive was granted options to purchase 600,000 and 1,900,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock.
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The
Employment Agreement also provides for certain severance benefits upon termination of the Executive by the Company without “cause”
or by the Executive for good reason. In the event of a termination by the Company without cause or by the Executive for good reason after
the first full year of employment, the Executive would be entitled to (i) continued payment of the base salary for the lesser of six
months or the remaining term of the Employment Agreement, subject to the Executive signing a timely and effective separation agreement
containing a release of all claims against the Company and other customary terms.
Vice
President of Data Center Development
On
March 1, 2024, the Company hired an individual as vice president of data center development with an annual salary of $ 225,000 .
The salary increases to $ 240,000
and $ 250,000
on the first and second anniversary dates, respectively. Also,
the individual is eligible for an annual bonus of up to 25%, 35% and 40% of the annual salary for the first, second and third
calendar years, respectively.
Chief
Strategy and Development Officer
On
April 1, 2024, the Company hired an individual as chief strategy and development officer vice president with an annual salary of $ 250,000 .
The salary increases to $ 275,000 and $ 300,000 on the first and second anniversary dates, respectively. Also, the individual is eligible
for an annual bonus of up to 25%, 35% and 40% of the annual salary for the first, second and third calendar year end, respectively.
Note
6 – Stockholders Equity
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
Stock
Options
On
November 15, 2024, the Company issued, to a consultant, a non-qualified stock option to purchase 350,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock at an exercise price of $ 5.00 per share, the fair market value of the Company’s common stock as of November 15, 2024
(the “Grant Date’).
The
350,000 options vests as follows:
●
43,750
shares on each of the following dates July 16, 2025, July 17, 2026, July 16, 2027 and July 16,2028;
●
Phase
(a) 17,500 shares upon the award of a GMP contract to a construction manager/company;
●
Phase
(b) 35,000 shares upon completion of the initial site development plan and data center design and 100% construction documents;
●
Phase
(c) 17,500 shares upon the Company receiving permits
necessary to start construction of the data center site and facilities (including but not limited to power substation, water delivery,
pumping, storage and on- site distribution systems, fiber conduit lines and communications systems, and on-site roads, water, power
and communications grid, buildings, perimeter walls and security systems);
●
Phase
(d) 35,000 upon the completion of all Network Ready meet me rooms in the first data center; and
●
Phase
(e) 70,000 shares upon the completion of construction of a customer-ready data center facility and receipt of a conditional occupancy
permit for a Data Center facility.
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The
Company’s management has accounted for the options in accordance with ASC 718 – Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”).
ASC 718 requires the Company to estimate the service period over which the compensation cost will be recognized. Management has estimated
that the first development phase (a) will be completed by June 30, 2026, the second development phase (b) by December 31, 2025, the third
development phase (c) by March 31, 2026, and the fourth and fifth development phases (d) and (e) by June 30, 2029. The estimated service
period will be adjusted for actual and expected completion date changes. Any such change will be recognized prospectively, and the remaining
deferred compensation will be recognized over the remaining service period.
The
option grant date fair value of $ 1,727,000
was calculated using the Black Scholes fair value option-pricing model with key input variables provided by management, as of the
date of issuance: volatility range 217.4 %
to 233.0 %,
the fair value of common stock $ 5.00 ,
estimated life range 4.5
to 5.3
years, risk-free rate of range 4.3 %
and dividend rate of nil .
For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded compensation expenses of approximately $ 124,000
and nil , respectively, which was capitalized as data center cost.
On April 1, 2024 for the Chief Strategy
and Development officer, the Company awarded a non-qualified stock option to purchase 1,000,000
shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $ 2.62 ,
which was the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of issuance.
The
1,000,000 options vests as follows:
●
168,750
shares on the date of issuance;
●
168,750
shares on each the 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd anniversary dates of the issuance date;
●
Phase
(a) 32,500 shares upon the Award of a GMP contract to a construction manager/company;
●
Phase
(b) 65,000
shares upon completion of the initial site development
plan and data center design and 100% construction documents;
●
Phase
(c) 32,500 shares upon the Company receiving permits necessary to start construction of the data center site and facilities;
●
Phase
(d) 65,000 shares upon the completion of an all-network ready meeting rooms in the first data center; and
●
Phase
(e) 130,000 shares upon the completion of construction of a customer-ready data center facility
and receipt of a conditional
occupancy
permit for a data center facility.
The
Company’s management has accounted for the options in accordance with ASC 718, which requires the Company to estimate the service
period over which the compensation cost will be recognized. Management has estimated that the first development phase (a) will be completed
by June 30, 2026, the second development phase (b) by December 31, 2025, the third development phase (c) by March 31 , 2026, and the fourth
and fifth development phases (d) and (e) by June 30, 2029 . The estimated service period will be adjusted for actual and expected
completion date changes. Any such change will be recognized prospectively, and the remaining deferred compensation will be recognized
over the remaining service period.
The
option grant date fair value of $ 2,437,000
was calculated using the Black Scholes fair value option-pricing model with key input variables provided by management, as of the
date of issuance: volatility range 166.28 %
to 243.04 %,
the fair value of common stock $ 2.62 ,
estimated life range 2.38
to 5.0
years, risk-free rate of range 4.34 %
to 4.72 %
and dividend rate of nil .
For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded compensation expenses of approximately $ 1 , 317 ,000
and nil , respectively, which was capitalized as data center cost.
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December
2023 Stock Options
In
December 2023, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of stock options to the directors for the purchase of 500,000 , 750,000 and
404,000 of the Company’s common stock, for a total of 1,654,000 shares, to the three directors (“Directors Options”)
for an exercise price of $ 0.54 , which was the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of issuance. The Director
Options vested on December 31, 2023 and expire on December 29, 2030.
The
Director Options grant date fair value of approximately $ 860,000 was calculated using the Black Scholes fair value option-pricing model
with key input variables provided by management as of the date of issuance: volatility of 224.03 %, the fair value of common stock $ 0.54 ,
estimated life of 3.5 years, risk-free rate of 4.12 % and dividend rate of $ 0 . The Director Options grant date fair value of $ 860,000
was included in the equity-based compensation in the Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2023.
In
December 2023, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of stock options to the Company’s CEO and COO for the purchase of 1,000,000
and 1,000,000 , respectively (“2023 Executive Options”) for an exercise price of $ 0.54 , which was the fair market value of
the Company’s common stock on the date of issuance. The 2023 Executive Options vest, as follows:
The
both the CEO and COO 1,000,000 options vest and become exercisable as follows:
(1)
166,667
shares on each of December 6, 2024, 2025 and 2026 for a total of 500,000 shares, upon vesting the options have a life of seven years.
(2)
the
remaining 500,000 shares based on the Company completing the following milestones (upon vesting the options have a life of seven
year):
a.
100,000
shares upon completion of the initial site development plan and Data Center design, and submission of a complete set of plans to Imperial
County Planning and Development Department for approvals and permits.
b.
100,000
shares upon the Company receiving permits necessary to start construction of the data center site and facilities (including but not
limited to power substation, water delivery, pumping, storage and on- site distribution systems, fiber conduit lines and
communications systems, and on-site roads, water, power and communications grid, warehousing, offices, administration, support and
security buildings, perimeter walls and security systems).
c.
100,000
shares) upon the completion of construction of a complete data center facility and receipt of an occupancy permit for such facility,
either for a Data Center facility to be built as a “build to suit” building for a hyperscale company or as a wholesale
colocation building for enterprise IT customers.
d.
200,000
shares) upon the signing of a build-to-suit contract or one or more contracts being signed for 50% or more of a constructed and operational
wholesale colocation facility’s capacity.
The
Company’s management has accounted for the 2023 Executive Options in accordance with ASC 718 – Stock Compensation (“ASC
718”). ASC 718 requires the Company to estimate the service period over which the compensation cost will be recognized. Management
has estimated that the first development phase (a) will be completed by December 31, 2025, the second development phase (b) by June 30, 2029, the third development phase (c) by April 1, 2025 and the fourth development phase (d) by June 30, 2027. The estimated service
period will be adjusted for actual and expected completion date changes. Any such change will be recognized prospectively, and the remaining
deferred compensation will be recognized over the remaining service period.
The
2023 Executive Options grant date fair value of $ 1,060,000
was calculated using the Black Scholes fair value option-pricing model with key input variables provided by management, as of the
date of issuance: volatility range of 232.67 %
to 235.04 %,
the fair value of common stock $ 0.50 ,
estimated life range of 4.5
years to 4.77
years, risk-free rate of 4.12 %
and dividend rate of $ 0 .
For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded compensation expenses of approximately $ 645,000 and $ 59,000 ,
respectively, of which approximately $ 253,000 and $ 21,000
was expensed as compensation expense and approximately $ 392,000 and $ 38,000
was capitalized as data center cost.
F- 18
In
December 2023, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of stock options to two consultants, an executive advisor and data center
development advisor, for the purchase of 350,000 and 350,000 , for each consultant (collectively “2023 Consultant Options”)
for an exercise price of $ 0.54 , which was the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of issuance.
The
350,000 options for data center development consultant vest, as follows:
(1)
43,750
shares on each of December 6, 2024, 2025 2026 and 2027 for a total of 175,000 shares, upon vesting the options have life of seven
years.
(2)
the
remaining 175,000 shares based on the Company completing the following milestones (upon vesting the options have a life of seven
year):
a.
35,000
upon completion of the initial site development plan and Data Center design and 100% Construction Documents.
b.
17,500
upon the Award of a GMP contract to a construction manager/company
c.
17,500
shares upon the Company receiving permits necessary to start construction of the data center site and facilities (including but not
limited to power substation, water delivery, pumping, storage and onsite distribution systems, fiber conduit lines and communications
systems, and on-site roads, water, power and communications grid, buildings, perimeter walls and security systems).
d.
35,000
upon the completion of all Network Ready meet me rooms in the first data center
e.
70,000
shares upon the completion of construction of a customer-ready data center facility and receipt of a conditional occupancy permit
for a Data Center facility.
The
Company’s management has accounted for the data center development consultant options in accordance with ASC 718 – Stock
Compensation (“ASC 718”). ASC 718 requires the Company to estimate the service period over which the compensation cost
will be recognized. Management has estimated that the first development phase (a) will be
completed by June 30, 2026, the second development phase (b) by December 31, 2025, the third development phase (c) by March 31,
2026, and the fourth and fifth development phases (d) and (e) by June 30, 2029. The estimated service period will be adjusted
for actual and expected completion date changes. Any such change will be recognized prospectively, and the remaining deferred
compensation will be recognized over the remaining service period.
The
data center development consultant options grant date fair value of $ 189,000
was calculated using the Black Scholes fair value option-pricing model with key input variables provided by management, as of the
date of issuance: volatility 322.83 %,
the fair value of common stock $ 0.50 ,
estimated life of 5.5
years, risk-free rate of 4.12 %
and dividend rate of $ 0 .
For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded compensation expenses of approximately $ 104,000 and $ 7,000 ,
which was capitalized as data center cost.
The 350,000
options for the executive advisor will vest based on the following performance milestones:
a.
70,000
upon completion of the initial site development plan and data center design and 100% construction documents.
b.
35,000
upon the award of a GMP contract to a construction manager/company.
c.
35,000
options upon the Company receiving the permits necessary to start construction of the data center site and facilities.
d.
70,000
options upon the completion of a network-ready meeting room in the first data center.
e.
140,000
options upon the completion of construction of a customer-ready data center facility and receipt of a conditional occupancy permit
for a data center facility.
F- 19
The
Company’s management has accounted for the executive advisors’ options in accordance with ASC 718 – Stock Compensation
(“ASC 718”). ASC 718 requires the Company to estimate the service period over which the compensation cost will be recognized.
Management has estimated that the first development phase (a) will be completed by June 30, 2026,
the second development phase (b) by December 31, 2025, the third development phase (c) by March 31, 2026, and the fourth and fifth development
phases (d) and (e) by June 30, 2029. The estimated service period will be adjusted for actual and expected completion date changes.
Any such change will be recognized prospectively, and the remaining deferred compensation will be recognized over the remaining service
period.
The
data center development consultant options grant date fair value of $ 182,000
was calculated using the Black Scholes fair value option-pricing model with key input variables provided by management, as of the
date of issuance: volatility of 224.03 %,
the fair value of common stock $ 0.50 ,
estimated life of 3.5
years, risk-free rate of 4.127 %
and dividend rate of $ 0 .
For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded compensation expenses of approximately $ 94,000 and $ 8,000 ,
which was capitalized as data center cost.
June
2023 – Stock Options
As
part of the Employment Agreement, as defined in Note 6 – Commitments and Contingencies, the executive was granted an incentive
stock option (“Incentive Option”) and a non-qualified stock option (“Non-Qual Option”) (collectively “Stock
Options”) to purchase 600,000 and 1,900,000 , respectively, shares of the Company’s common stock for $ 0.50 per share. The
Stock Options are exercisable for a period of seven years from the date of grant, which was June 19, 2023 (“Grant Date”).
The
Incentive Option shall vest and become exercisable as follows: (i) options to purchase up to 200,000
shares of Common Stock shall vest and become exercisable on
the first anniversary of the Grant Date; (ii) options to purchase up to 200,000
shares of Common Stock shall vest and become exercisable on
the second anniversary of the Grant Date; and (iii) options to purchase up to 200,000
shares of Common Stock shall vest and become exercisable on
the third anniversary of the Grant Date; provided that the Optionee is an employee in good standing with the Company on such applicable
vesting date. The Incentive Option Grant Date fair value of $ 300,000
was calculated using the Black Scholes fair value option-pricing
model with key input variables provided by management, as of the date of issuance: volatility of 339 %,
the fair value of common stock $ 0.50 ,
estimated life of 5
years, risk-free rate of 3.99 %
and dividend rate of $ 0 .
The
Non-Qual Option shall vest and become exercisable as follows:
(1)
216,666
shares on each of the first two anniversaries of the Grant Date and 216,668 shares on the third anniversary of the Grant Date, provided
that the Optionee is an employee or Board member in good standing with the Company on such applicable vesting date.
(2)
the
remaining 1,250,000 shares based on the Company completing the following milestones:
a.
250,000
shares upon completion of the initial site development plan and Data Center design, and submission of a complete set of plans to
Imperial County Planning and Development Department for approvals and permits.
b.
250,000
shares upon the Company receiving permits necessary to start construction of the data center site and facilities (including but not
limited to power substation, water delivery, pumping, storage and on-site distribution systems, fiber conduit lines and communications
systems, and on-site roads, water, power and communications grid, warehousing, offices, administration, support and security buildings,
perimeter walls and security systems).
c.
250,000
shares upon the completion of construction of a complete data center facility and receipt of an occupancy permit for such facility,
either for a Data Center facility to be built as a “build to suit” building for a hyperscale company or as a wholesale
colocation building for enterprise IT customers.
d.
500,000
shares upon signing a build-to-suit contract or one or more contracts being signed for 50% or more of a constructed and operational
wholesale colocation facility’s capacity.
F- 20
The
Company’s management has accounted for the Non-Qual Option in accordance with ASC 718 – Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”).
ASC 718 requires the Company to estimate the service period over which the compensation cost will be recognized. Management has estimated that the first development phase (a) will be completed
by December 31, 2025, the second development phase (b) by June 30, 2029, the third development phase (c) by April 1, 2025 and the fourth
development phase (d) by June 30, 2027. The estimated service period will
be adjusted for actual and expected completion date changes. Any such change will be recognized prospectively, and the remaining deferred
compensation will be recognized over the remaining service period.
The
Non-Qual Option Grant Date fair value of $ 875,000
was calculated using the Black Scholes fair value option-pricing
model with key input variables provided by management, as of the date of issuance: volatility range of 137 %
to 338 %,
the fair value of common stock $ 0.50 ,
estimated life range of 3.9
years to 5.0
years, risk-free rate range of 3.99 %
to 5.24 %
and dividend rate of $ 0 .
For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded compensation
expenses of approximately $ 465,000 and $ 98,000 , respectively, of which approximately $ 116,000 and $ 25,000 was expensed as compensation
expense and approximately $ 349,000 and $ 73,000 was capitalized as data center cost.
SCHEDULE
OF STOCK OPTION ACTIVITIES
Number of Shares
Weighted Average Strike Price/Share
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value/Share
Intrinsic
Value
Balance, January 1, 2023
-
$ -
$ -
$ -
Granted
6,854,000
0.53
7.0
0.51
0.44
Forfeited
-
-
–
–
–
Exercised
–
–
–
–
–
Expired
-
-
-
-
-
Balance, December 31, 2023
6,854,000
0.53
7.0
0.51
0.44
Granted
1,350,000
3.24
8.8
3.15
0.09
Forfeited
-
-
–
–
–
Exercised
-
–
–
–
–
Expired
-
-
-
-
-
Balance, December 31, 2024
8,204,000
0.97
7.8
0.94
0.73
Vested and exercisable, December 31, 2024
2,616,500
0.67
5.7
0.65
0.81
Unvested, December 31, 2024
5,587,500
$ 1.11
8.2
$ 1.08
$ 0.69
For
the year ended December 31, 2024, the total equity-based compensation was approximately $ 2,749,000
of which approximately $ 2,380,000
was capitalized as Data Center Campus
costs.
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For
the years ended December 31, 2023, the total equity-based compensation (for stock options and warrants) was approximately $ 3,368,000
of which approximately $ 336,000
was capitalized as Data Center Campus costs
Warrants
In
November 2023, the Company issued two warrants to purchase 2,000,000
and 3,545,801
(“2023 Warrants”) to two of the Company’s directors. The 2023 Warrants have an exercise price of $ 0.54 ,
which was the fair value of the Company’s common stock on the date of issuance. The 2023 Warrants vested on December 31, 2023
and expire on December 31, 2028. The 2023 Warrants grant date fair value of approximately $ 2,056,000
was calculated using the Black Scholes fair value option-pricing model with key input variables provided by management, as of the
date of issuance: volatility of 123.0 %,
the fair value of common stock $ 0.54 ,
estimated life of 2.5
years, risk-free rate of 4.33 %
and dividend rate of $ 0 .
The 2023 Warrants’ grant date fair value of $ 2,056,000
was included in the equity-based compensation in the Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2023.
During
the year ended December 31, 2024, 3,058,887
warrants were issued, 600,000
warrants forfeited (see Note 3) and 100,000 expired.
During
the year ended December 31, 2023, 100,804 warrants expired, and 1,567,500 warrants were forfeited with conversion of the associated Convertible
Promissory Notes (see Note 4).
SCHEDULE
OF WARRANTS ACTIVITY
Number of Shares
Weighted Average Strike Price/Share
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value/Share
Intrinsic
Value
Balance, January 1, 2023
1,768,304
$ 1.84
1.6
$ 1.86
$ -
Granted
5,545,801
0.54
0.7
-
-
Forfeited
( 1,567,500 )
1.86
–
–
–
Exercised
–
–
–
–
–
Expired
( 100,804 )
1.50
2.9
1.17
0.17
Balance, December 31, 2023
5,645,801
1.84
3.0
1.49
0.20
Granted
3,058,877
2.23
4.8
2.08
–
Forfeited
( 600,000 )
3.65
4.5
3.00
–
Exercised
-
–
–
–
–
Expired
( 100,000 )
1.87
-
1.95
-
Balance, December 31, 2024
8,004,678
0.95
4.3
0.83
0.62
Vested and exercisable, December 31, 2024
8,004,678
0.95
4.3
0.83
0.62
Unvested, December 31, 2024
–
$ –
–
$ –
$ –
NOTE
7 – INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES
For
the period ended December 31, 2024, the Company generated a current income tax provision of $ 800 . Additionally, no deferred income taxes
have been recorded due to the uncertainty of the realization of any tax assets. On December 31, 2024, the Company has net operating loss
(“NOL”) carryforwards for Federal income tax purpose of $ 7,421,000 and for state income tax purpose of $ 7,411,000 that may
be offset against future taxable income. For federal purposes, there is an unlimited carryforward period, and for state purposes, the
net operating losses begin to expire in 2037 if not utilized by then.
The
income tax (benefit)/expense attributable to loss consisted of the following, for the year ended December 31,
SCHEDULE
OF INCOME TAX (BENEFIT) EXPENSE
2024
2023
Current provision for income taxes:
Federal
$ -
$ -
State
-
-
Total current income tax
-
-
Deferred tax expense:
Federal
-
-
State
-
-
Total deferred tax
-
-
Total income tax
$ -
$ -
A
reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate is as follows:
SCHEDULE OF RECONCILIATION OF INCOME TAX
2024
2023
Taxes calculated at federal rate
21.0 %
21.0 %
Permanent differences
( 18.0 )
( 13.8 )
State tax, net of federal impact
-
-
Return to provision
-
-
Other
1.0
2.3
Change in valuation allowance
( 4.0 )
( 9.5 )
Provision for income taxes
0 %
0 %
The
tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets at December 31, are presented
below:
SCHEDULE OF COMPONENTS OF DEFERRED TAX ASSETS
2024
2023
Deferred tax assets
Net operating loss carryforwards
$ 2,089,000
$ 1,786,000
Stock based compensation
439,000
328,000
Intangible assets
1,000
1,000
Impairment loss
37,000
38,000
Total deferred tax assets
2,566,000
2,153,000
Deferred tax liability
-
-
Total deferred tax liability
-
-
Net deferred tax assets
2,566,000
2,153,000
Valuation allowance
( 2,566,000 )
( 2,153,000 )
Net deferred tax
$ —
$ —
Deferred
tax assets and liabilities are computed by applying the federal and state income tax rates in effect to the gross amounts of temporary
differences and other tax attributes, such as net operating loss carryforwards. In assessing if the deferred tax assets will be realized,
the Company considers whether it is more likely than not that some or all of these deferred tax assets will be realized. The ultimate
realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the period in which these deductible
temporary differences reverse.
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For
financial reporting purposes, the Company has incurred a loss in each period since its inception. Based on all available evidence, including
the Company’s history of losses, management believes it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets will not be fully
realizable. Accordingly, the Company provided for a full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets on December 31, 2024,
and 2023. During the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, the valuation allowance increased (decreased) by $ 413,000 and $ 444,000 ,
respectively. The increase was mostly attributable to the increase in our net operating loss carryforwards. The total valuation allowance
results from the Company’s estimate of its inability to recover its net deferred tax assets.
On
December 31, 2024, the Company has federal and state net operating loss carryforwards, which are available to offset future taxable income,
of approximately $ 7,421,000 which for federal purposes has an unlimited carryforward period and $ 7,411,000 which for state purposes begins
to expire in 2037. These carryforwards may be subject to an annual limitation under Section 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, and similar state provisions if the Company experienced one or more ownership changes that would limit the amount of NOL and
tax credit carryforwards that can be utilized to offset future taxable income and tax, respectively. In general, an ownership change,
as defined by Sections 382 and 383, results from transactions increasing ownership of certain stockholders or public groups in the stock
of the corporation by more than 50 percentage points over a three-year period. The Company has not completed an IRC Section 382/383 analysis.
If a change in ownership were to have occurred, NOL and tax credit carryforwards could be eliminated or restricted. If eliminated, the
related asset would be removed from the deferred tax asset schedule with a corresponding reduction in the valuation allowance. Due to
the existence of the valuation allowance, limitations created by future ownership changes, if any, will not impact the Company’s
effective tax rate.
The
Company files income tax returns in the United States and the state of California. The statute of limitation is 3 and 4 years for Federal
and California, respectively. The first year that remains open is tax year ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 for Federal
and California, respectively. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, there are no unrecognized tax benefits, and there are no significant
accruals for interest related to unrecognized tax benefits or tax penalties.
The
Company is in the process of analyzing its NOL and has not determined if the company has had any change of control issues that could
limit the future use of NOL. The NOL carryforwards that were generated after 2017 of approximately $ 7,421,000 may only be used to offset
80 % of future taxable income and are carried forward indefinitely.
Note
8 – Subsequent Events
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The
Company evaluated all events that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued to determine
if they must be reported. The management determined there are no reportable events except for the following:
On
January 13, 2025 (“CSDO Termination Date”), the Company terminated the employment agreement with the Chief Strategy and Development
Officer (“CSDO”) with an effective date of January 15, 2025. Based on the delays in the estimated milestone requirements
for the development of the Company’s Data Center, it was determined that CSDO role was not required. As of the CSDO Termination
Date, the CSDO non-qualified stock option agreement for 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock was cancelled. Of the options
shares of 1,000,000 , the CSDO had vested 168,750 options shares, which are exercisable until the third anniversary date of the CSDO
Termination Date.
On
January 14, 2025 (“VPDCD Termination Date”), the Company terminated the employment agreement with the Vice President of Data
Center Development (“VPCSD”) with an effective date of February 15, 2025. Based on the delays in the estimated milestone
requirements for the development of the Company’s Data Center, it was determined that VPDCD role was not required. As of the VPDCD
Termination Date, the VPDCD non-qualified stock option agreement for 350,000 shares of the Company’s common stock was cancelled.
Of the options shares of 350,000 , the CSDO had vested 43,750 options shares, which are exercisable until the third anniversary date
of the CSDO Termination Date.
On
January 15, 2025, the Company issued, to a consultant, a Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement for the purchase of 350,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock for an exercise price of $ 1.99 , which was the fair value of the Company’s common stock on the grant
date. The 350,000 options vest as follows:
● Become
exercisable as to 43,750 Option Shares on January 16, 2026 and shall vest and become exercisable
as to an additional 43,750 shares on each of January 16, 2027, January 16, 2028, and January
16, 2029 provided that the optionee is a consultant, an employee or a Board member in good
standing with the Company on such applicable vesting date.
● The
remaining 175,000 Option Shares based on the Employee or consultant completing the following
milestones:
○ will
vest as to 20% of such Option Shares (35,000 shares) upon completion, with respect to the
Company’s optioned real property in Imperial County, CA (the “Property”),
of a general plan amendment, zone change, and approved use for data center and/or onsite
power production use ;
○ will
vest as to 20% of such Option Shares (35,000 shares) upon the completion of a development
agreement with Imperial County, CA (the “County”) or similar land use and entitlement
to memorialize the approval of a data center use for the Property ;
○ will
vest as to 20% of such Option Shares (35,000 shares) upon the Company receiving from the
County permits necessary to start construction at the Property of either an onsite power
production of a 50MW generation system or a 60MW critical load data center facility (including
but not limited to power substations, on-site roads, water, power, fiber communications,
buildings, perimeter walls, and security systems) ;
○ will
vest as to 20% of such Option Shares (35,000 shares) upon the completion of binding agreements
for an external or onsite portfolio of power sources for a minimum of 500MW of power to support
the data center load at the Property ; and
○ will
vest as to 20% of such Option Shares (35,000 shares) upon the completion of the sale or lease
of all or a portion of the Property for “powered dirt”, a “powered shell”
or a built-to-suit data center facility .
● Vesting
milestones can be altered or changed by the Company and the optionee mutually agreeing as
the data center site development, building designs, and construction plans are further defined
and timelines for permitting, construction, and customer contracts, occupancies, and operations’
milestones are established.
In
January 2025, the Company issued a Debenture in the amount of $ 25,000 , with a commission of $ 2,000 for net proceeds of $ 23,000 .
In
February 2025, the Company issued a Debenture in the amount of $ 100,000 , with a commission of $ 4,000 for net proceeds of $ 96,000 .
In
March 2025, the Company issued a Debenture in the amount of $ 100,000 , with a commission of $ 4,000 for net proceeds of $ 96,000 .
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