Strategy Update

Visum Technologies PLC

30 April 2026

 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

30 April 2026

London, UK

Visum Technologies PLC

("Visum" or "the Company")

Change of Name and Strategic Direction

Visum Technologies PLC to be renamed and repositioned as the first UK publicly listed Pure-Play in Modular Edge AI Compute Infrastructure

Visum Technologies PLC (AQSE: VIS), announces that it intends to change the Company's name and to reposition the Company's strategic direction to focus on the development, deployment, and operation of modular, containerised edge artificial intelligence ("AI") compute infrastructure environments for global enterprise and sovereign markets.

The new company name is expected to be announced soon, following which, the Company intends to change its ticker symbol on the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market.

Strategic Rationale

The Board has completed the review of operations, announced on 22 December 2025, which has culminated in the appointment of Jonathan Bixby who brings great depth of experience in the capital markets and the scaling of technology infrastructure projects. The board is pleased to announce that it has identified the new business strategy of edge AI compute infrastructure with modular infrastructure technology.

The global build-out of artificial intelligence is exposing structural limitations in centralised cloud infrastructure: latency constraints, data sovereignty requirements, escalating power costs, and grid connection delays of two to three years in major markets. In addition, the establishment of fixed large infrastructure projects experience considerable planning and political hurdles. These factors are driving demand for distributed, modular compute capacity that can be deployed rapidly at locations close to data sources, energy supply, and end customers.

The Company intends to address this opportunity by deploying modular GPU compute containers at locations globally where stranded energy, sovereign data residency requirements, or proximity to industrial customers create structural advantages over centralised cloud infrastructure. The Company's initial deployment focus will focus on customers seeking to develop national and corporate AI capability without dependence on hyperscale cloud providers.

The Board believes that, as a UK-incorporated company listed on the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market, the Company is well positioned to serve a domestic and global customer base.

The AI Market

The scale of investment now flowing into artificial intelligence infrastructure is unprecedented in the history of enterprise technology. Gartner forecasts that worldwide spending on artificial intelligence will reach US$2.52 trillion in 2026, an increase of 44 percent year-on-year, with AI infrastructure alone driving an additional US$401 billion of spending in 2026 (Gartner, January 2026). Global IT spending is forecast to reach US$6.31 trillion in 2026, with data centre systems alone growing at 55.8 percent year-on-year to approach US$788 billion (Gartner, April 2026). McKinsey & Company has estimated that approximately US$7 trillion of cumulative data centre investment will be required by 2030 to meet projected demand. The Board believes that a meaningful proportion of this investment will be directed not toward incremental capacity at existing centralised hyperscale facilities - many of which face multi-year grid connection queues - but toward distributed, modular infrastructure capable of being deployed where energy, data, and customers are physically located. The Company's strategy is to position itself as a publicly listed pure-play vehicle through which investors can gain direct exposure to this exciting segment of the AI infrastructure market.

Next Steps

The Company intends to undertake a fundraising by way of a placing of new ordinary shares to provide working capital, fund the recruitment of a senior technical team, secure original-equipment-manufacturer hardware allocations, and develop the Company's first proof-of-concept compute deployment. The Board is currently in discussions with potential investors and intends to announce further details in a separate announcement in due course.

Barry Cushley, Chairman of Visum Technologies PLC, commented:

"This is a pivotal moment for the global build-out of artificial intelligence infrastructure, and a moment of genuine opportunity for the Company. Compute is becoming the fundamental input to economic productivity in the way electricity was a century ago, and the next decade will be defined not by the scale of the largest data centres but by how rapidly compute can be deployed to where the data, the energy, and the customers actually are. Modular, containerised edge AI compute is the architecture this transition requires, and there is currently no publicly listed pure-play vehicle giving investors direct exposure to this opportunity. We have a credible plan, an experienced team coming together, and a clear pathway from proof of concept to traction in the market. I look forward to updating shareholders on our progress in the coming weeks."

Jonathan Bixby, Non-Executive Director of Visum Technologies PLC, added:

"This is a pivotal moment in the global build-out of artificial intelligence infrastructure, and we are excited to be joining Visum at this stage of the Company's journey. Compute is becoming the fundamental input to economic productivity in the way electricity was a century ago, and the next decade will be defined not by the scale of the largest centralised data centres but by how rapidly compute can be deployed to where the data, the energy, and the customers actually are. Modular, containerised edge AI compute is the architecture this transition requires, and there is currently no publicly listed pure-play vehicle giving investors direct exposure to this opportunity. Having lived through the journey of building Argo Blockchain from a private idea to a major dual listed infrastructure company, I see many of the same ingredients here - a clear thesis, a credible team, a structurally underserved market, and a public-market vehicle through which the opportunity can be funded and scaled. I look forward to supporting the Board as the Company executes its strategy."

For further information, please contact:

Visum Technologies PLC Paul Kennedy, CEO	[e-mail]
First Sentinel Corporate Finance Limited (AQSE Corporate Adviser) Brian Stockbridge	[e-mail] [phone]
Fortified Securities Corporate Broker Guy Wheatley, CFA	[phone]

 

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