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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-006036 to Hyperscale Data, Inc. (GPUS)

Hyperscale Data, Inc.
Date: June 7, 2023 · CIK: 0000896493 · Accession: 0000000000-23-006036

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File numbers found in text: 001-12711

Referenced dates: September 30, 2022

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June 7, 2023
Author
Andrew Blume
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United States securities and exchange commission logo June 7, 2023 Henry C.W. Nisser, Esq President and General Counsel Ault Alliance, Inc. 11411 Southern Highlands Parkway, Suite 240 Las Vegas, NV 89141 Re:Ault Alliance, Inc. Form 10-K/A for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022 Filed May, 2023 Response Dated February 27, 2023 File No. 001-12711 Dear Henry C.W. Nisser, Esq: We have reviewed your February 27, 2023 response to our comment letter and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to these comments within ten business days by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our January 23, 2023 letter. Form 10-K/A for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, page F-13 1.We have reviewed your response to comment 2 and note that you currently classify proceeds from the sale of cryptocurrencies within operating activities on your statements of cash flows. Citing specific guidance in ASC 230, please tell us how you determined that classification within operating activities, as opposed to investing activities, was appropriate.

FirstName LastNameHenry C.W. Nisser, Esq Comapany NameAult Alliance, Inc. June 7, 2023 Page 2 FirstName LastName Henry C.W. Nisser, Esq Ault Alliance, Inc. June 7, 2023 Page 2 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Revenue Recognition Bitcoin Mining, page F-20 2.You indicate within your response to comment 4 that you would clarify in future filings that your customer, as defined in ASC 606-10-20, is the mining pool operator with whom you agreed to the terms of service and user service agreement. Please ensure you provide this disclosure within future filings. If you did clearly and explicitly disclose such information within your filings made subsequent to our prior comment letter, please clarify where you have provided the disclosures. 3.We note your response to comment 5 and the statements within your responses to comments 9 and 10 of your response letter dated September 30, 2022 that your mining pool agreement is cancelable at any time by either party without penalty. Please reconcile such statement to the disclosure on page F-20 of your Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, that your contracts with mining pool operators “are terminable at any time by and at no cost to the Company, and by the pool operator under certain conditions specified in the contract." Address the reasons for this apparent inconsistency and tell us in sufficient detail the “certain conditions” that allow pool operators to cancel the agreements. Explain to us how the contractual terms impacted your ASC 606 determinations of contract inception for the measurement of non-cash consideration and how it impacts your assessment of the duration of the contracts for accounting purposes. Bitcoin, page F-21 4.As previously stated in prior comment 6, we believe ASC 350-30-35-19 indicates impairment exists whenever carrying value exceeds fair value and thus we believe your accounting policy should be corrected to comply with that requirement. Please also quantify for us the effect of correcting your policy on the financial statement periods presented and tell us whether such correction is material and the reasons why or why not. You may contact Andrew Blume, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3254 or Kevin Woody, Accounting Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3629 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Manufacturing

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United States securities and exchange commission logo
June 7, 2023
Henry C.W. Nisser, Esq
President and General Counsel
Ault Alliance, Inc.
11411 Southern Highlands Parkway, Suite 240
Las Vegas, NV 89141
Re:Ault Alliance, Inc.
Form 10-K/A for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
Filed May, 2023
Response Dated February 27, 2023
File No. 001-12711
Dear Henry C.W. Nisser, Esq:
            We have reviewed your February 27, 2023 response to our comment letter and have the
following comments.  In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information
so we may better understand your disclosure.
            Please respond to these comments within ten business days by providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond.  If you do not believe our
comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
            After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional
comments.  Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our
January 23, 2023 letter.
Form 10-K/A for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, page F-13
1.We have reviewed your response to comment 2 and note that you currently classify
proceeds from the sale of cryptocurrencies within operating activities on your statements
of cash flows.  Citing specific guidance in ASC 230, please tell us how you determined
that classification within operating activities, as opposed to investing activities, was
appropriate.

 FirstName LastNameHenry C.W.  Nisser, Esq
 Comapany NameAult Alliance, Inc.
 June 7, 2023 Page 2
 FirstName LastName
Henry C.W.  Nisser, Esq
Ault Alliance, Inc.
June 7, 2023
Page 2
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Revenue Recognition
Bitcoin Mining, page F-20
2.You indicate within your response to comment 4 that you would clarify in future filings
that your customer, as defined in ASC 606-10-20, is the mining pool operator with whom
you agreed to the terms of service and user service agreement.  Please ensure you provide
this disclosure within future filings.  If you did clearly and explicitly
disclose such information within your filings made subsequent to our prior comment
letter, please clarify where you have provided the disclosures.
3.We note your response to comment 5 and the statements within your responses to
comments 9 and 10 of your response letter dated September 30, 2022 that your mining
pool agreement is cancelable at any time by either party without penalty.  Please reconcile
such statement to the disclosure on page F-20 of your Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2022, that your contracts with mining pool operators  “are terminable
at any time by and at no cost to the Company, and by the pool operator under certain
conditions specified in the contract."  Address the reasons for this apparent inconsistency
and tell us in sufficient detail the “certain conditions” that allow pool operators to cancel
the agreements.  Explain to us how the contractual terms impacted your ASC 606
determinations of contract inception for the measurement of non-cash consideration and
how it impacts your assessment of the duration of the contracts for accounting
purposes.
Bitcoin, page F-21
4.As previously stated in prior comment 6, we believe ASC 350-30-35-19 indicates
impairment exists whenever carrying value exceeds fair value and thus we believe your
accounting policy should be corrected to comply with that requirement.  Please also
quantify for us the effect of correcting your policy on the financial statement periods
presented and tell us whether such correction is material and the reasons why or why not.
            You may contact Andrew Blume, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3254 or Kevin Woody,
Accounting Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3629 if you have questions regarding comments on the
financial statements and related matters.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Manufacturing