EMPD Empery Digital Announces $20 Million Strategic Investment in Cardinal Data Power

Empery Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: EMPD ) (the "Company" or "Empery Digital"), a company that employs a bitcoin treasury strategy, today announced that on July 20, 2026 it signed and closed a $20 million preferred equity investment (the "Investment") in Cardinal Data Power, Inc. ("CDP") (representing an approximately 8% ownership stake), a Hunt Properties affiliated private developer of powered data center campuses, with a focus on behind-the-meter projects. CDP principals are bringing their decades of energy and energy infrastructure development experience to provide power to and build next-generation, gigawatt-scale data campuses across West Texas and West Virginia.