Datavault AI Inc., a provider of data monetization, credentialing, digital engagement, and real-world asset (‘RWA’) tokenization technologies, announced the tokenization and monetization of Available Infrastructure’s Project Qestrel, a nationwide fleet of cybersecure, sovereign neocloud edge data centers now deploying across the United States.
Using its patented tokenization technology and institutional-grade Information Data Exchange® (IDE) platform, Datavault AI will create and enable trading of Available Infrastructure Project Qestrel tokens ($QEST) representing access and usage rights across the Project Qestrel fleet. The total tokenized value of the program is expected to exceed $1 billion upon full deployment.
Project Qestrel, announced by Available Infrastructure on March 16, 2026, is deploying 1,000 cybersecure, private urban neocloud edge data centers across 100 major U.S. cities and more than 30 states, representing nearly $5 billion in project capital expenditure at full buildout, with the initial phase live by the end of 2026. Each site features full-stack deployments of Available’s SanQtum solutions – zero-trust networking, quantum-resilient encryption, high-performance compute running up to 48 GPUs per site, and ultra-low latency edge AI inference capability – co-located at telecom sites with immediate fiber and power access. Datavault AI is a Platinum partner in IBM Partner Plus, and Available describes itself in the same announcement as an IBM Platinum Partner. According to Available’s announcement, the first sites are already live, with 30 cities targeted to come online by early July through a partnership with wireless infrastructure company Crown Castle; many sites will be pre-integrated with IBM watsonx, while others will be AI-agnostic and capable of running other AI inference models.
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The tokenization initiative builds directly on Datavault AI’s existing role as the first customer to announce its use of Available’s distributed fleet, where its SanQtum-powered deployments already support real-time data scoring, tokenization and monetization in the New York and Philadelphia corridors, with a nationwide rollout underway.
“Project Qestrel is the most strategically important edge AI infrastructure deployment in the United States today,” said Nathaniel T. Bradley, CEO of Datavault AI. “This represents America’s fourth major technology infrastructure network, purpose-built for the edge AI era. We have the enterprise solution to access super compute and AI infrastructure that is in the highest demand from our customers throughout the United States.”
“Datavault AI’s tokenization and exchange capabilities create valuable new ways for us to monetize, and our customers to access the compute capacity for, the Project Qestrel fleet,” said Dan Gregory, CEO of Available Infrastructure. “With demand for edge AI capability soaring and outpacing the overall market’s current edge capacity, the $QEST token provides a crucial way for enterprises to reserve and access capacity on the Qestrel network. The tokenization approach offers the added benefit of a tradeable, liquid asset that further supports enterprises’ investments in their respective AI strategies.”
“Edge computing is not an entirely new concept; however, this may be the first time we are actually getting it right, with Available Infrastructure unleashing significant business value and high-value compute use cases for both commercial and public sectors,” said Greg Corlis, KPMG Partner, Emerging Technologies.
SOURCE: Businesswire