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VIVO power - next APLD?
Author pitches $VIVO as an asymmetric AI power play, betting on its Norwegian data center capacity and HPC leases to trigger a re-rating.
- AI infrastructure demand is shifting from just chips to power, land, and grid access.
- $VIVO holds a 41.5MW Norwegian data center site with low-cost hydro power and potential AI/HPC tenant interest.
- Microcap valuation offers a highly asymmetric call option on future contracted megawatts and EBITDA.
- The company has an ugly history and currently looks like a busted clean energy/EV microcap.
- High risk of shareholder dilution if financing is required for development.
- Execution risk is massive; the AI/HPC demand and tenant leases are not yet confirmed.
$VIVO is either complete dogshit or one of the dumbest AI power asymmetry plays I’ve seen
Been digging into $VIVO and this thing is weird as hell.
On the surface it looks like a random busted clean energy / EV microcap that nobody cares about. Tiny market cap, ugly history, probably scares off 99% of normal investors immediately. Fair.
But the reason I’m interested is not the old story. It’s the power / data center angle.
They bought a Norway data center site with 41.5MW of capacity in Mo i Rana. Supposedly low-cost hydro power, and management has talked about AI/HPC tenant interest. They’ve also been talking about a Finland pipeline with a lot more powered capacity.
That’s the part that matters.
The AI trade is not just chips anymore. It is power. It is land. It is grid access. It is “who can actually plug this shit in.” Everyone already knows NVDA. Everyone already knows the big data center names. But if VIVO can actually turn these sites into contracted AI infrastructure, the valuation today makes no sense.
Current market cap is around microcap territory. If they sign a real lease with a credible AI/HPC tenant, I think the market could stop treating this like a dead clean energy stock and start treating it like a tiny AI power infrastructure call option.
That is the entire thesis.
Not “great company.”
Not “safe investment.”
Not “guaranteed moon.”
Just a stupidly asymmetric setup where one real catalyst could change how the market values the whole thing.
The path I’m watching:
Norway lease / tenant announcement
Any confirmation the AI/HPC demand is real
Financing that does not absolutely murder shareholders
Finland site progress
Tembo / sum-of-the-parts optionality
Float getting stupid if volume comes in
The bull case is that VIVO gets valued on future contracted megawatts and EBITDA instead of its messy past. If they can show a credible path to $50M+ EBITDA from AI infrastructure, then this thing can re-rate violently.
The bear case is also obvious. No lease, more dilution, delays, management overpromises, stock dumps, everyone holding calls gets vaporized. This is a microcap. It can absolutely go to hell.
But that’s why I like the setup. It’s not priced like the market believes anything yet.
This is basically a cheap lottery ticket on the AI power bottleneck. Either the assets are real and the market wakes up, or this was just another microcap fever dream.
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Not financial advice. I’m probably going to lose money in the dumbest way possible.
I thought microcaps were banned from discussion on this sub.
Regardless, you'll be glad you heard about VIVO throught this post
Sure. It was just I seen another interesting threads deleted over being microcaps. For example PENG thread got deleted last year.
Very fair...
I’ve looked into VIVO and I think it’s a good play. I’m balls deep into VIVO, but only because after my research I’m really confident they will deliver. The biggest selling point to me is that they confidently said end of June they announce who their tenant will be and their most recent investor presentation they uploaded to the SEC still has that as a target date. And not to mention all the backing they will be getting from a Saudi family office and they raised $30 million at an upwards of $6 price point. The Tembl spinoff which they own 49% of. And much more, it looks like they are moving along. Definitely think it will be the next APLD, especially because not many data center stocks are focusing in on Europe, a lot of these are with data centers in the US.
Balls deep here too. We're either going to run up or crash hard by the end of the month...
60k cash you’re diluted away or bk
Yes that is historically true but not the future state with 10mm EBITDA from their latest hydro power asset plus any P&L cleanup from tembo divestiture should it close. Not saying they won’t need future financing just saying the above isnt completely factual.
But to clarify isn’t it factual unless they get a contract that doesn’t carry massive counter party risk etc etc
Correct. Thats where the risk /reward is
ok, chatgpt
I think this stock will surprise people very soon. I hope it stays low a couple more weeks so I can buy more
the norway site is interesting but APLD had actual signed tenants before it ran, vivo still seems to be waiting on that catalyst
You and me both. At least we wont have to wait long to find out. They either announce the tenant signing by June 30th, or this thing is another shart stain in my gym shorts.
Things are going to really take off for VIVO by the end of the month, June 30th. They have stated that they have turned down recent lease offers for their data center contract, as they have come in too low in price, likely as they have a lot of higher bids. Their energy cost is significantly lower than competing data centers too. Get on board! Not as many players in the game where they are, compared to the US. VIVO all the way