Strategic Deployment Phase Expected to Validate High-Density Compute, Immersion Cooling, and Scalable Energy-Integrated Infrastructure

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Azio AI Corporation ("Azio AI" or the "Company"), a next-generation artificial intelligence infrastructure and high-performance compute platform, today announced the receipt of its first purchase order from Envirotech Vehicles, Inc. ("EVTV") for twenty-eight (28) next-generation ASIC compute systems as part of its broader infrastructure validation initiative.

Payment for the initial tranche has been received in full.

Strategic ASIC Deployment in Collaboration with EVTV

Azio AI expects to begin delivery of the ASIC systems in the coming weeks. Upon delivery, the units are expected to be deployed within EVTV's liquid-immersion-cooled modular container infrastructure platform, for which EVTV holds lease rights to the underlying containerized and power-backed infrastructure.

Under the collaboration framework:

• EVTV will own the ASIC compute systems
  
  
• EVTV maintains lease rights to the containerized power infrastructure
  
  
• Azio AI will lead hardware integration, system configuration, and performance optimization
  
  
• Azio AI's engineering team — including senior integration personnel with prior experience at NVIDIA and other high-performance computing environments — will support deployment, validation, and operational streamlining

The initial ASIC deployment is structured to validate sustained high-density power utilization, immersion cooling efficiency, uptime resilience, and compute economics under continuous-load conditions.

During this validation phase, the systems are expected to support specialized SHA-256 compute workloads, generating Bitcoin ("BTC") yields while establishing operational benchmarks for scalable multi-megawatt expansion.

There can be no assurance regarding delivery timing, operational performance, digital asset yields, lease arrangements, or future expansion plans.

About Azio AI Corporation

Azio AI is a high-performance computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure company focused on delivering scalable GPU compute platforms, modular data centers, and energy-integrated infrastructure solutions designed to support sustained AI workloads across enterprise, government, and industrial applications.

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