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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-26-005723"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EMPD"
cik: "0001829794"
company_name: "Empery Digital Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-23T12:31:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-23T12:35:16.624841+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Empery Digital invests $20M in Cardinal Data Power for 8% stake; targets 750 MW data center campus

## Summary
- $20M preferred equity investment in CDP, an ~8% ownership stake, closed July 20, 2026.
- Investment part of $70M Series A led by Hood River Capital Management to fund CDP's West Texas campus.
- CDP has LOI for 750 MW Phase I data center campus; first power 2027, ramp to ~1 GW by 2029.
- CDP is affiliated with Hunt Properties; Empery Digital deepens partnership with Hunt.
- Empery Digital (NASDAQ: EMPD) employs a bitcoin treasury strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-26-005723
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EMPD
- cik: 0001829794
- company_name: Empery Digital Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-23T12:31:13+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1829794/000168316826005723/0001683168-26-005723-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1829794/000168316826005723/empery_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-26-005723.txt

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