Sphere 3D prices $5M private placement, sells Iowa site and mining fleet, pivots to AI/HPC

Sphere 3D Corp.

Private placement: 1,666,661 units at $3.00/unit, ~$5.0M gross; each unit = 1 share + 1 five-year warrant at $3.50, a 29%/51% premium to Sept 4 close.
Insiders incl. Chairman Timothy Hanley and CEO Joel Block subscribed 333,332 units (~$1.0M); securities subject to six-month lock-up.
Iowa site sold for $1.5M plus ~$500K utility deposits (~$2M total); legacy fleet of ~5,500 mining machines sold for ~$3M.
Hopkinsville, KY land option secured for ~20 acres; proposed 50 MW data center with 65 MW substation (~$8-10M), subject to approvals.
Post-Iowa sale, ~50 MW energized capacity across 4 TN/KY sites; Bitdeer (BTDR) supplies/owns hardware at 20 of 30 MW under joint mining deals.

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