# KONST Raises $30M Series B funding Led by ADATA Technology to Scale Up AI Data Center Buildout in Asia and Advance Its Token Factory Strategy

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- Published: 2026-10-09T22:00:00+07:00
- Author: PR Newswire

**Funds will also advance KONST’s Token Factory strategy as the company serves large
enterprises through a three-layer model of compute supply, cloud delivery and AI
governance**

TAIPEI, Oct. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — KONST, a Taiwan-based next-generation AI compute
operator, announced that it has raised $30 million Series B funding led by **ADATA
Technology (TPEx: 3260)**, with strategic participation from **M** **Mobility, Pegatron
Venture Capital**, and several other corporate investors.

[⌊Ben Chang, co-founder and chairman of KONST. Photo: KONST⌉⌊Ben Chang, co-founder
and chairman of KONST. Photo: KONST⌉[
Ben Chang, co-founder and chairman of KONST.
Photo: KONST

KONST will use the proceeds to scale up its AI data center buildout across Asia 
and accelerate its Token Factory strategy, aiming to meet fast-growing enterprise
demand for AI adoption.

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_Note: Investors are listed in alphabetical order by company name_ 

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**Series B Round: Strategic Participation from Multiple Corporate Groups**

The round’s principal investors come from memory and storage, electrification solutions,
and electronics manufacturing, while other participants span energy, semiconductors,
and thermal management — groups that are themselves on the demand side of enterprise
AI adoption. KONST said that beyond the capital itself, it places even greater value
on the synergies its investors offer across industry use cases and customer applications,
which will help connect KONST’s services with real-world deployments more quickly.

"This round is about more than the amount raised. What matters most is that we and
our investors share the same vision: AI must make its way into how enterprises actually
operate, not stall at proof of concept," said Ben Chang, co-founder and chairman
of KONST. "Once AI is part of operations, computing power is no longer a one-time
project expense. It becomes essential infrastructure that enterprises rely on every
day. Our investors understand this better than anyone, because they are on the demand
side, too."

**From Data Centers to Usage Governance: KONST’s Three Layers Turn Compute into 
a Service**

Enterprise demand for AI is shifting from trials by individual teams to routine 
use across departments, and compute demand is shifting with it, from one-off project
procurement to continuous, fluctuating day-to-day consumption. Fixed-capacity provisioning
is finding it increasingly difficult to keep pace with variable usage patterns. 
Meanwhile, as agentic AI matures, workloads are placing higher demands on computing
performance, stability, and reliability. Demand is rising in both volume and quality
at the same time, which is precisely why AI infrastructure has become so much more
important.

The Token Factory concept treats compute as production equipment and tokens as its
output. KONST is building toward it in three layers:

**At the foundation is compute supply.** Konstra AI takes projects from site selection
and the buildout of mechanical, electrical, and environmental control systems through
to GPU cluster tuning and acceptance, followed by ongoing operations and maintenance.
Proceeds from this round will be used to expand its build capacity across Asia.

**In the middle is the conversion layer.** Glows.ai breaks cluster compute into 
smaller units that enterprises access with per-second billing, paying only for what
they use.

**At the top are governance and delivery.** Horizon AI’s (k) ATP Token handles this
layer, determining who can use what, how much, and how it is charged.

KONST believes this three-layer division of labor also shows how Taiwan’s existing
strengths in hardware and supply chains can extend further up the value chain — 
from manufacturing compute to delivering it.

**(k)** **ATP Token: One Key to Access Every Model and Manage Team Usage**

Governance is the most easily overlooked of the three layers, and it is also where
enterprise AI adoption often stalls. The problem isn’t that the models fall short;
it’s that no one can say clearly which department used which models, how much was
spent, or what happened with each request.

(k) ATP Token is designed around the principle of "One key. Every model." With a
single project key, enterprises can connect to every authorized model, without having
to negotiate contracts and build integrations with each vendor one by one.

The platform’s four-tier structure — organization, workspace, project and key — 
allocates quotas down the organizational hierarchy, sets model access at the project
level and flags budgets before they are exceeded. The model and usage of every request
are recorded in audit logs. For enterprises already operating at scale, (k) ATP 
Token goes a step further, bringing every model on the platform under one contract
and one invoice, with custom contract pricing based on actual usage. KONST emphasized
that (k) ATP Token is not a standalone product but the governance foundation built
into every AI adoption project. From day one of a proof of concept, cost tracking,
permissions, and request logs are already in place, so going live is simply a matter
of scaling up traffic.

"Buying GPUs is only the beginning," said Chang. "You need data centers you can 
build, compute you can break down finely, and usage you can keep under control. 
Only when all three layers are connected do you get what we call delivering compute."

**Focused on AI Adoption at Large Enterprises**

KONST said Horizon AI focuses on sizable business groups and large organizations.
AI adoption at these customers typically involves multiple departments, integration
with existing systems, and long-term governance requirements. What they need is 
not a point solution but a partner that can work alongside them through the entire
adoption cycle. Horizon AI has completed deployments for several enterprises and
institutions and is conducting needs assessments with large customers across multiple
industries.

As its business grows, KONST continues to expand its team, bringing in talent across
a range of disciplines to meet increasingly diverse customer needs. To learn more
about open positions, visit KONST’s LinkedIn page: [https://www.linkedin.com/company/konsttech](https://www.linkedin.com/company/konsttech)

**About KONST**

KONST Co., LIMITED is a next-generation AI compute operator headquartered in Taipei,
Taiwan. Through its One KONST brand and strategic partner ecosystem, KONST brings
together the capabilities of three brands — Konstra AI, Glows.ai, and Horizon AI—
to deliver the complete AI compute value chain as one integrated service. Konstra
AI provides compute buildout services for AI data centers, covering end-to-end construction
from mechanical, electrical, and environmental control systems to GPU clusters. 
It also provides equipment operations and maintenance, as well as compute delivery.
Glows.ai provides an enterprise-grade GPU cloud platform with per-second billing.
Horizon AI is dedicated to AI application adoption and model asset governance. Customers
work with one team on one order, whether their needs sit at the compute, platform,
or application layer.

Building on Taiwan’s engineering strength and supply-chain advantages, KONST combines
capabilities in GPU cluster operations, data center operations and maintenance, 
cloud platforms, and AI services. Amid the global AI wave, it works with enterprises,
developers, research institutions, and international partners to build compute supply
that is available, reliable, and sustainably scalable.

**Related Links**

(k) ATP Token, Horizon AI’s enterprise AI governance platform: [https://www.horizon-ai.ai/en/atp](https://www.horizon-ai.ai/en/atp)

(k) ATP Token console: [https://atptoken.ai/](https://atptoken.ai/)

**Media ContactKONST Co., LIMITED
PR Contact: Jora Huang, Chief Public Relations
OfficerEmail: [jora.huang@konsttech.ai](https://www.thailand-business-news.com/pr-news/jora.huang@konsttech.ai)

 

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