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September 8, 2026 Dear Reader, As Tuesday morning gets underway, (NYSE American: HCWC) is still one of the names standing out with the opening bell now about 90 minutes away. North American data center inventory grew 33% year over year in the first quarter of 2026. Vacancy still hit record lows. The reason is straightforward: a year earlier, 74.3% of under-construction capacity was already preleased to cloud and AI tenants before the buildings opened. Supply is growing fast and demand is growing faster. The five largest hyperscalers are on track to commit $660B to $690B to infrastructure in 2026, close to double the roughly $380B spent in 2025. In that environment, a signed contract on megawatts with a delivery date is a financeable asset. (NYSE American: HCWC) is about to become a data center company. Shareholders cleared every proposal needed to merge with Host Digital Infrastructure LLC, a U.S.-based developer and operator that will control roughly 96% of the combined entity. The deal is expected to close in mid-September, at which point the ticker changes to (HOST). The contract backing this deal is already signed. On August 7 the company disclosed a 15-year take-or-pay lease covering 43 megawatts of critical IT load at a northeast Oklahoma facility, with one of the largest privately held cloud infrastructure companies in the world on the other side. Contracted revenue across the base term runs to roughly $1.25B, and about $3.2B over 30 years if every renewal is exercised. Capacity delivery is scheduled for Q1 2027. These are a few of the reasons (HCWC) is at the top of our watchlist for Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
Keep in mind, after a recent restructuring, (HCWC)has less than 750K shares listed as available in its float. When companies have small floats like this, the potential exists for big moves if demand begins to shift. Keep reading to see why we have all eyes on (HCWC) now. 
HCWC listed on NYSE American in September 2024 as a spin-off, raising $4.0M in its initial public offering. The operating business is a 19-location retail chain across six states, assembled by acquisition rather than built store by store. In January the company reported full-year 2025 revenue of $78M, up 13% or $8.8M year over year, with gross margin near $30M at roughly a 39% margin. Chief Executive Jeffrey Holman called 2025 transformative and laid out a strategic acquisition plan. Host Digital is the other half of the equation. The company is a developer, owner and operator of institutional-quality data centers in the United States, run from One World Trade Center in New York. The proxy describes Host’s Oklahoma project as a retrofit of an existing energized site rather than a ground-up build, which is how 43 megawatts arrive in the first quarter of 2027 in a market where fresh interconnections are quoted years out. The company holds a purchase option on the property at $27.7M exercisable through September 26 with two 30-day extensions available, and intends to fund it through project financing. Harmol Samra will become chief executive after the merger closes. He founded 10X Infrastructure Partners after stints at ICONIQ Capital and Starwood Capital, where he oversaw IPI Partners' portfolio of 82 data centers and more than 2.2 gigawatts of leased capacity, later sold to Blue Owl Capital for roughly $1B. Shawn Matthews will become chairman after nine years running Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. John Ollet stays on as chief financial officer, and the existing retail division continues operating Where the $660B Is Going
The lease matters because of how little data center space is available in North America right now. CBRE's 2026 report puts Northern Virginia vacancy at 0.3%, Atlanta at 1%, Dallas-Fort Worth at 1.8% and Chicago at 2.2%. Dallas has a record 716.7 MW under construction and 88% of it is spoken for. Chicago rents climbed 14.7% year over year to $200–$230 per kilowatt per month while ComEd's power-delivery timelines stretched into 2032. A year earlier CBRE measured North American vacancy at 1.6% with 74.3% of under-construction capacity preleased, overwhelmingly to cloud and AI tenants. The five largest hyperscalers are on track to spend $660B to $690B on infrastructure in 2026, close to double the roughly $380B spent in 2025, and Microsoft alone carries an $80B unfulfilled Azure backlog tied to power availability rather than soft demand. Megawatts with interconnection and a delivery date are the scarce good, and a take-or-pay contract is what turns that scarcity into a financeable asset. Oklahoma is where a growing share of the spending has landed. Meta committed more than $1B to a Tulsa data center plus $25M for local roads and water, its 28th U.S. site, backed by over 1,500 MW of clean energy contracts already signed in the state. Cheap power, land and transmission capacity have pulled developers toward the region while established hubs queue for grid upgrades. Host Digital's site sits inside that migration. Recent Developments Around (HCWC) Shareholders Already Said Yes
Holders just signed off on everything Host Digital needs to walk through the door — the share issuance, the jump to 2B authorized shares, and the name change. That was the last shareholder hurdle before a mid-September close. 43 Megawatts Under Contract
On August 7 the company disclosed a 15-year take-or-pay agreement with annual escalators covering 43 megawatts in northeast Oklahoma, roughly $1.25B contracted across the base term and about $3.2B over 30 years with renewals. Management Has Done This Before
Harmol Samra ran 82 data centers and 2.2 gigawatts at IPI Partners before its $1B sale to Blue Owl, and Shawn Matthews led Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. for nine years. Deal Valued at $425M
The May 27 Host Digital agreement prices the merger consideration at approximately $425M, against a current market capitalization near $8.39M. Existing Business Still Producing
The 19-store footprint that produced $78M in 2025 sales at a 39% gross margin stays on as a division rather than being wound down. 9 Factors Putting (HCWC) At The Top Of Our Screen
This Morning—Tuesday, September 8, 2026
1. Hyperscaler Spending: With the five largest hyperscalers projected to commit $660B to $690B to infrastructure in 2026, HCWC is approaching the data-center sector during a period of massive infrastructure spending. 2. Merger Approved: Shareholders have cleared the proposals required for HCWC to combine with Host Digital, with closing expected in mid-September. 3. Experienced Leadership: Following the merger, HCWC is expected to be led by Harmol Samra, whose background includes ICONIQ Capital, Starwood Capital and involvement with IPI Partners’ 82-data-center portfolio. 4. Tiny Float: With fewer than 750K shares listed as available in its float after the recent restructuring, HCWC could be especially sensitive if demand begins to shift. 5. 43MW Lease: Through Host Digital, HCWC is tied to a 15-year take-or-pay agreement covering 43 MW of critical IT load at a northeast Oklahoma facility. 6. Q1 Delivery: Host Digital’s Oklahoma project associated with the pending HCWC combination is scheduled to begin delivering its 43 MW of capacity in Q1 2027. 7. Tight Capacity: With North American data-center inventory up 33% YoY while vacancy remains at record lows, HCWC is moving toward a sector where available capacity remains scarce. 8. Existing Revenue: Alongside the pending Host Digital combination, HCWC reported $78M in 2025 revenue from its 19-location retail footprint, up 13% YoY with a gross margin near 39%. 9. Contracted Revenue: The Host Digital agreement connected to HCWC represents roughly $1.25B across its 15-year base term and about $3.2B over 30 years if every renewal is exercised. Get HCWC On The Radar While It’s Still Early…
The story around HCWC is beginning to take on a very different shape. Shareholders have already cleared the proposals needed for the Host Digital combination, and if the transaction closes as expected, HCWC would be stepping into the data-center sector at a time when infrastructure spending from the five largest hyperscalers is projected to reach $660B to $690B in 2026. That backdrop matters even more when you look at the details. Host Digital already has a 15-year take-or-pay agreement covering 43 MW of critical IT load at its northeast Oklahoma facility, with roughly $1.25B tied to the base term and about $3.2B over 30 years if every renewal is exercised. Delivery of that capacity is scheduled to begin in Q1 2027. Meanwhile, North American data-center inventory grew 33% YoY while vacancy remained at record lows, reinforcing just how tight available capacity continues to be. Then there is the structure around HCWC itself: fewer than 750K shares listed as available in the float following the recent restructuring, an existing 19-location retail business that generated $78M in 2025 revenue, and expected post-merger leadership with experience tied to an 82-data-center portfolio. Taken together, HCWC has several moving parts worth understanding now — a pending transformation, contracted data-center capacity, a powerful industry backdrop, and a very small listed float. This morning starts with HCWC for us. Read through the report while it’s still early. And keep an eye out for my next update, it could be coming very soon. Sincerely, Gary Silver
Managing Editor,
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