Genius Group’s Australian Listing Plan Remains Subject to Exchange Review and Approval
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An announcement attributed to Genius Group on November 4 regarding its board’s approval of an application for a dual listing on the Australian Securities Exchange and the expansion of its GENIUSpark initiative to Australia could not be verified. The company had said in an earlier update that the listing process remained subject to exchange review and approval, and estimated completion in the fourth quarter of 2026. In that update, it said it had received preliminary feedback from the ASX and was preparing its response in cooperation with DLA Piper. This meant the listing remained a plan in progress, not a completed listing or final approval. The company’s share price or trading range during the November 3 session could not be documented using a matching price source.
The Australian plan is part of the GENIUSpark initiative, which Genius Group said it launched on October 26, after its board approved establishing it as a wholly owned subsidiary. The company said the initiative aims to build and operate artificial intelligence data centers, initially focusing on Canada, Australia and Indonesia. It set an initial computing capacity of 100 megawatts and a long-term target of up to 1 gigawatt. These figures reflect the project’s stated ambition, but do not by themselves establish that operational sites with this capacity have been completed. The company said each site could have capacity of up to 9.9 megawatts, with annual revenue potentially exceeding $100 million under the proposed model.
Genius Group said on October 27 that it had signed binding agreements with FingerMotion and BlueFlare to establish GENIUSpark Alberta and build the initiative’s first site in Hanna, Alberta. Under the initial structure, Genius Group will hold 49% of the issued share capital, with FingerMotion holding 51%. The first project, Hanna Campus No. 1, is a 2.4-megawatt high-performance computing center with an estimated cost of $24.3 million, on 20.2 acres of land. The company said construction is planned for December 2026, with the first targeted computing capacity expected to be available in the second quarter of 2027. Closing the project remains subject to requirements including land purchase, grid connection, financing and regulatory approvals.
In an earlier update on the ASX process, the company said its shares would remain listed on its primary U.S. market, while the proposed Australian trading would use CHESS Depositary Interests, known as CDIs, to enable local trading in the shares’ economic interests. It had said it received preliminary feedback from the exchange and was preparing a response, targeting completion and listing in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to review and approval. The ASX says its upcoming listings page covers companies that have lodged a formal application and intend to list within the next four to six weeks. Under this framework, the page does not include projects that have not reached the formal application stage. According to the company’s earlier update, its process remains contingent on completing the review and obtaining exchange approval.
The infrastructure plan follows an improvement in operating metrics reported by the company. Revenue from continuing operations was $6.2 million in the first half of 2026, compared with $2.6 million in the same period of 2025; the company attributed the increase to $2.1 million in resort revenue and school revenue rising to $2.3 million from $0.4 million. It also reported that its operating units generated operating profit of $6.4 million, compared with a loss of $2.8 million in the first half of 2025. In its third-quarter results, the company said operating revenue was $4.1 million, up 81% year over year from $2.3 million and 39% from $2.9 million in the second quarter of 2026. Operating activity recorded net profit of $235,000 in the third quarter, following a loss of $1.2 million in the same period of 2025. The company also said it reduced third-party debt by 99% in its first-half results published on September 28.
The announced GENIUSpark plan also has a community dimension: the company said each site aims to allocate 10% of its net profit to a local community fund under local management. The next event listed by the company is the Genius Future Summit in Bali on November 5 and 6, 2026. The summit is scheduled after the announcement of third-quarter results, which included growth in operating revenue and continued operating profitability. The data-center capacity and revenue targets remain estimates stated by the company, while the Alberta project is tied to future implementation dates and specific closing conditions. The latest documented update on the Australian listing plan, meanwhile, links it to ASX review and approval.