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IREN Delivers First Microsoft AI Cloud Phase, Unlocking $9.7 Billion Deal

IREN Limited has delivered and secured Microsoft's acceptance of Horizon 1, the first of four 50-megawatt AI cloud deployments at its Childress, Texas campus. T…

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IREN Delivers First Microsoft AI Cloud Phase, Unlocking $9.7 Billion Deal
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  • IREN Limited has delivered and secured Microsoft's acceptance of Horizon 1, the first of four 50-megawatt AI cloud deployments at its Childress,…
  • Horizon 1 is a direct-to-chip liquid-cooled facility running NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems. Following NVIDIA's testing, the deployment earned Exemplar…
  • The four Horizon phases are designed to provide 200 megawatts of dedicated IT load for Microsoft by the end of 2026. Each tranche carries a 20%…

Shares rose 3.8% in premarket trading on August 17 to $45.73, outperforming peers including CoreWeave, Nebius Group, and Applied Digital. The March quarter AI cloud run rate was approximately $134.5 million annually; management's year-end target exceeds $4 billion, with roughly 85% already under contract.

Horizons 2 through 4 remain scheduled for delivery later this year. The pace of those deployments, conversion of contracted capacity into recognized revenue, and the company's ability to sustain construction momentum across its 2027 expansion plan will determine whether the current valuation reflects durable execution or a milestone-driven rerating.

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