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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-21-061442
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210505
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210505

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Data Knights Acquisition Corp.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001849380
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BLANK CHECKS [6770]
		IRS NUMBER:				862076743
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-40386
		FILM NUMBER:		21891502

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TRIDENT COURT, 1 OAKCROFT ROAD
		STREET 2:		CHESSINGTON
		CITY:			SURREY
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			KT9 1BD
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011-44-208-090-2009

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TRIDENT COURT, 1 OAKCROFT ROAD
		STREET 2:		CHESSINGTON
		CITY:			SURREY
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			KT9 1BD
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-A</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 14pt"><B>Data
Knights Acquisition Corp.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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<TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; width: 49%"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 2%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; width: 49%"><B>86-2076743</B></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><B>Trident Court, 1 Oakcroft Road</B> <B>Chessington, Surrey</B> <B>United Kingdom</B></TD>
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<TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>KT9 1BD</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act:</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><B>Title of each class</B> <B><BR>
to be so registered</B></TD>
<TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><B>Name of each exchange on which</B> <B><BR>
each class is to be registered</B></TD></TR>
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<TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one Redeemable Warrant</B></FONT></TD>
<TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share</B></FONT></TD>
<TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Redeemable Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share</B></FONT></TD>
<TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: <FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>333-254029</B></FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD COLSPAN="3">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:</TD></TR>
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<TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: center"><B>None</B> <BR>
<B>(Title of Class)</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 1. Description of Registrant&#8217;s Securities to be Registered.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The securities to be registered
hereby are the units, Class A common stock, and warrants to purchase shares of Class A common stock of Data Knights Acquisition Corp.
(the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;). The description of the units, Class A common stock, and warrants set forth under the heading &#8220;Description
of Securities&#8221; in the Registrant&#8217;s prospectus forming a part of its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-254029),
including exhibits, originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2021, as thereafter amended and supplemented
from time to time (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;), to which this Form 8-A relates is incorporated by reference herein. Any
form of prospectus or prospectus supplement to the Registration Statement that includes such descriptions and that are subsequently filed
are hereby also incorporated by reference herein.&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 2. Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the &#8220;Instructions
as to Exhibits&#8221; with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed because no other securities of the Registrant are
registered on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.</P>

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<TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>DATA KNIGHTS ACQUISITION CORP.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date: May 5, 2021</FONT></TD>
<TD STYLE="width: 3%">By:&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 47%">/s/ Barry Anderson</TD></TR>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>Barry Anderson</TD></TR>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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