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I rate IREN Limited a Strong Buy with a $49 price target, implying 20% upside from current levels. My three modeled growth drivers are the 2026 AI Cloud revenue ramp, the additional 730MW planned for 2027, and lower financing costs from customer prepayments. Together, I estimate these drivers can produce approximately $2.03 in FWD non-GAAP adjusted EPS.

It has been an up-and-down year for Iren (IREN +2.86%), but the stock of the neocloud operator surged 20% on July 20 after it announced $2.8 billion in new contracts. The stock has more than doubled over the past year, but has also been cut nearly in half from its highs.

The average weighted length of Iren's new contracts is four years and includes deals with hyperscalers, frontier labs, artificial intelligence (AI) developers, and enterprises. It also said that its recent arrangements include prepayments covering approximately 45% of the cost of the graphics processing units (GPUs) to be used in the deployments.

In addition to its new contract announcements, Iren also increased its year-end AI cloud computing annual revenue run rate outlook to more than $4 billion, up from a prior target of $3.7 billion. The company is expanding aggressively. A year ago, it had a capacity of 3 megawatts, and it's expected to bring that total to 480 megawatts in 2026 and 1.2 gigawatts in 2027. Despite its growth, it said demand continues to exceed its planned capacity additions.

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Iren is one of a handful of former Bitcoin miners that have shifted their focus toward AI data centers. While at first this shift may seem like a red flag, it actually does make a lot of strategic sense.

Cryptocurrency miners built their business around securing land for large campuses and securing power from utilities at attractive prices. After the AI boom, both of these became valuable assets, with access to cheap energy becoming a major AI data center bottleneck. Historically, Iren and others have been beholden to the price of Bitcoin, but moving to AI data centers gives them a more predictable and profitable business model.

And Iren hasn't been standing still. It acquired software and infrastructure companies, such as Mirantis, to create a fully integrated software layer and offer a full end-to-end cloud platform. And with permitted sites and power locked up in Texas and Australia, the company has a clear pathway for expansion.

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Iren has also partnered with other large players in the space, including Nvidia and Microsoft. It secured a massive five-year, $3.4 billion cloud services contract directly with Nvidia to host its internal AI and research workloads. It also has a $9.7 billion, five-year deal with Microsoft, with it dedicating 200 megawatts of power to the cloud giant.

While building massive data centers is a capital-intensive business, Iren has structured its deals to secure upfront cash payments to help fund GPUs. This helps somewhat de-risk the business and makes it a speculative, but intriguing, stock to add given its momentum.

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IREN Limited NASDAQ: IREN recently sent a signal to the broader equity markets. A $2.8 billion contract haul does not just change a quarterly earnings trajectory.

It entirely rewrites the fundamental valuation matrix of the underlying business. IREN’s stock price jumped nearly 20% on the news, erasing a brutal trailing 30-day drawdown and closing above $40 per share. The market is waking up to a stark reality.

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The underlying infrastructure operator is no longer a legacy Bitcoin (BTC) miner tethered to the cyclical volatility of digital assets. IREN Limited is morphing into a tier-one artificial intelligence (AI) compute provider.

Crypto Volatility Meets Cloud StabilityThe valuation disconnect between legacy digital asset operations and utility-grade cloud hosting is profound. When you sit down to build a discounted cash flow model, projecting daily digital asset mining revenue introduces high variables. Institutional capital historically applies heavy discount rates to those models to account for the unpredictable nature of block rewards and underlying asset price swings. High-performance computing and artificial intelligence cloud hosting command premium multiples based on sticky, recurring revenue and long-term counterparty agreements. IREN Limited is actively bridging that gap, forcing an immediate revaluation.

Compiling the Code on $2.8 Billion in AI ContractsThe catalyst driving this repricing is an influx of multi-year artificial intelligence cloud services contracts totaling $2.8 billion. The agreements push the 2026 annualized run-rate revenue target from $3.7 billion to over $4 billion. More importantly, approximately 85% of the newly revised $4 billion annualized target is already under contract.

Revenue visibility changes how analysts evaluate long-term equity growth. Moving from daily digital asset revenue to a weighted-average contract term of four years transforms the balance sheet. The customer base now includes heavyweights like Microsoft NASDAQ: MSFT, NVIDIA NASDAQ: NVDA, Perplexity, and Figure AI.

Microsoft acts as the anchor hyperscaler, having initiated a $9.7 billion, five-year agreement in late 2025. When entities of this caliber sign multi-year deals, it serves as supreme technical validation. It proves the infrastructure built by IREN Limited meets tier-one commercial standards for uptime, cooling, and latency.

Building out self-hosted cloud capacity is brutally capital-intensive, requiring immense upfront expenditures on advanced silicon. IREN Limited successfully negotiated customer prepayments covering approximately 45% of the associated capital expenditures for graphics processing units. Securing customer-funded infrastructure growth reduces net funding requirements and drastically accelerates the timeline to achieve free cash flow positivity.

Overclocking the Balance Sheet With $2.6 BillionScaling self-built artificial intelligence cloud capacity from three megawatts to a targeted 480 megawatts for delivery by the end of 2026 requires staggering amounts of capital. The baseline balance sheet shows $2.21 billion in cash and cash equivalents, providing substantial liquidity. The mechanism behind that liquidity reveals a highly sophisticated corporate finance strategy.

In May 2026, IREN Limited priced an upsized $2.6 billion convertible senior notes offering due in 2033, carrying a remarkably low 1.00% interest rate. Securing low-cost debt is the lifeblood of physical infrastructure expansion. It provides immediate liquidity for the subsequent 1.2-gigawatt target in 2027 without tapping traditional, high-yield credit markets, which would drag down net margins.

Convertible debt often triggers panic over equity dilution, a fear recently exacerbated by a retention equity package granted to the co-CEOs that resulted in a 6% aggregate stake. Management actively hedged the underlying equity against convertible debt by executing $174.5 million in capped call transactions.

A capped call is an options strategy utilized by corporations to offset potential dilution when debt holders inevitably convert their notes into shares. By executing these transactions, the dilution threshold is pushed out to $110.30 per share. This financial engineering neutralizes the near-term dilution overhang, allowing the $2.6 billion war chest to fund the 480-megawatt expansion without punishing current shareholders. Options chain data reveals heavy institutional speculation targeting that exact conversion price, exhibiting extreme implied volatility skew as sophisticated capital front-runs the upside repricing.

Re-Routing the Multiples: The Neocloud Server RackOverall MarketRank™62nd Percentile

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Evaluating IREN’s stock requires looking past the backward-looking metrics. The trailing price-to-earnings ratio is elevated at 83.75, following a slight third-quarter earnings miss of negative 25 cents per share. Traditional value screens flag this as expensive. Fundamental analysis of rapidly transitioning businesses requires evaluating forward-looking annualized run-rate revenue relative to enterprise value.

Legacy data center real estate investment trusts offer consistent dividend yields and mature margins, which earn them premium valuation multiples. The neocloud sector is aggressively attempting to command those same multiples. The broader macro environment confirms this revaluation framework. Competitors are executing similar maneuvers. Hut 8 Corp. NASDAQ: HUT fully commercialized its one-gigawatt Texas campus by signing a second 15-year, $9.8 billion lease. TeraWulf Inc. NASDAQ: WULF executed a 20-year, $19 billion lease with Anthropic.

These decadal leases demonstrate that long-term, fixed-cost power agreements command heavy premiums when redirected toward specialized compute. As IREN Limited phases out legacy mining operations and transitions entirely to high-margin infrastructure, the price-to-earnings ratio will naturally compress through sheer earnings growth, driving the multiple expansion that retail and institutional investors are currently chasing.

Avoiding System Failure in Local Interconnection QueuesThe transition presents structural risks. The primary bottleneck for artificial intelligence is no longer purely silicon procurement, but rather localized grid congestion and power availability. Regional energy headwinds present structural risks to expected margin profiles.

If the 480-megawatt capacity rollout faces interconnection delays due to transformer shortages or grid instability, revenue realization will slip. The neocloud model also faces long-term structural risks if hyperscalers accelerate the construction of proprietary, off-grid data centers, potentially compressing third-party operators' future pricing power.

These macro headwinds inadvertently strengthen the underlying thesis. If power is scarce and grid interconnection queues stretch for years, existing, fully energized sites become exponentially more valuable. Securing 1.2 gigawatts of energized capacity creates an almost insurmountable barrier to entry for new competitors.

Pressing Enter on the Physical Economy ShiftThe transition from digital asset generation to enterprise-grade artificial intelligence infrastructure requires flawless execution, substantial capital, and highly vetted counterparties. The recent $2.8 billion contract expansion fundamentally de-risks the revenue model over the next four years.

Cautious investors may prefer to monitor the ongoing 480-megawatt deployment for any grid interconnection delays before initiating a position. Those prioritizing structural shifts in the physical economy might view current volatility as an opportunity, adding the stock to their watchlists as the broader market slowly prices in the eventual shift toward a legacy data center valuation matrix.

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IREN Limited (IREN) witnessed a jump in share price last session on above-average trading volume. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions for the stock doesn't suggest further strength down the road.

• IREN stock is surging to new heights today.

The rally was led by:

–Tradr 2X Long IREN Daily ETF (BATS:IREX) — up about 40%

–Defiance Daily Target 2X Long IREN ETF (NYSE:IRE) — up nearly 40%

–Leverage Shares 2X Long IREN Daily ETF (NASDAQ:IREG) — also gaining close to 40%

The move illustrates how single-stock leveraged ETFs can magnify upside when a high-beta AI infrastructure stock experiences a sharp re-rating.

Why These ETFs Are OutperformingAll three ETFs seek to deliver 200% of IREN’s daily return through derivatives rather than direct stock ownership.

When IREN jumped roughly 20%, the ETFs responded with gains approaching 40%, consistent with their daily leverage objective.

However, these funds are designed for short-term tactical trading, not long-term investing. Because leverage resets every day, returns can drift significantly from two times the stock’s cumulative performance over weeks or months, particularly during volatile trading.

That makes them attractive for traders with a high-conviction, short-term view but considerably riskier than owning the underlying shares.

AI Infrastructure Is Fueling the TradeMonday’s surge was triggered after IREN boosted its 2026 annualized AI Cloud revenue target to more than $4 billion, from $3.7 billion previously.

The company also disclosed $2.8 billion of signed multi-year AI cloud contracts, with roughly 85% of the new revenue target already backed by agreements.

The announcement reinforced investor confidence that demand for AI compute infrastructure remains exceptionally strong.

The Fundamentals Behind the Bullish ETF MoveFor leveraged ETF traders, the announcement wasn’t simply about higher revenue guidance.

Several fundamentals strengthened the investment case:

These developments suggest that the stock’s rally was driven by improving business fundamentals rather than speculative momentum alone — a key consideration for leveraged ETF traders.

What ETF Investors Should WatchThe three bullish IREN ETFs remain among the most aggressive ways to express a view on AI infrastructure.

If enthusiasm around AI cloud build-outs continues, these products could continue to outperform the underlying stock on strong up days. Conversely, any pullback in IREN would also be amplified roughly twofold, making risk management especially important.

With IREN’s next earnings update expected on Aug. 27, traders will be watching whether the company can translate its expanding AI contract backlog into accelerating revenue growth. This outcome could determine whether the current rally in leveraged IREN ETFs has further room to run.

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Shares of the artificial intelligence (AI) cloud provider Iren Limited (IREN +20.14%) jumped nearly 20% Monday morning after a big revision to its 2026 revenue target. The announcement showed that AI infrastructure investments continue to grow, despite fears that a bubble is forming.

Iren stock eased off its early jump, but remained up by 16.7% as of 11:45 a.m. ET.

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AI developers keep spending Tech stocks have been volatile recently as investors balance the massive spending to build out compute capacity for AI models with fears of a bubble if companies do not receive proper returns on those investments.

Iren announced today that it has continued to sign contracts to lease out its data center capacity. It says it has new long-term cloud service agreements that allow it to raise its year-end annual revenue run rate to over $4 billion. That's up from $3.7 billion and assumes its planned cloud capacity increases are completed this year.

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As companies need more computing resources for AI training and inference, they are seeking contracts with companies like Iren. Its customers include tech giants such as Nvidia and Microsoft, as well as private cloud computing companies like Perplexity and Fluidstack.

The biggest reason investors jumped in today may be that the company noted that "contracted pricing continues to strengthen."

That's a good sign that companies are confident that they will see proper returns on these investments, and that demand for Iren's capacity remains strong.

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July 20, 2026 07:00 ET  | Source: IREN

NEW YORK, July 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) (“IREN”) today announced that it has raised its year-end AI Cloud annualized run-rate revenue (“ARR”)1 target from $3.7bn to more than $4bn2, of which approximately 85% is now under contract following new multi-year cloud services contracts with leading AI developers representing $2.8bn in total contract value.

IREN's customer base now includes Microsoft, NVIDIA, Perplexity, Figure AI, Together AI, Fluidstack, Fireworks AI, Fal AI, Hume AI, and a new leading AI developer, across both bare metal and managed cloud services.

IREN remains selective in allocating capacity ahead of commissioning, prioritizing diversification and growth across its customer base and platform layers. Demand from hyperscalers, enterprises, AI developers and frontier labs continues to exceed IREN's available and planned capacity, and IREN is engaged with customers across its entire 2026 and 2027 expansion program.

Contracted pricing continues to strengthen. Recent contracts also include customer prepayments representing approximately 45% of the associated GPU capital expenditure, reducing IREN’s net funding requirement for those deployments.3 Across the portfolio, IREN’s customer contracts have a weighted average term of approximately 4 years.4

As of June 30, 2026, IREN held approximately $7.6bn in cash and cash equivalents.5

Daniel Roberts, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of IREN, said:

“Our vertically integrated AI Cloud platform is scaling at pace. In the past 12 months we have expanded from approximately 3MW of self-built AI Cloud capacity to 480MW being delivered this year, with 1.2GW targeted for 2027, broadening our customer base across hyperscalers, enterprises and AI developers.”

“We are proud to support leading companies building frontier applications across design, physical AI and robotics, generative media, AI search and model development.”

About IREN

IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud provider, delivering large-scale data centers and compute for AI training and inference. IREN’s platform is underpinned by its expansive portfolio of grid-connected land and power in renewable-rich regions across North America, Europe and APAC.

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ARR is calculated as GPU/hour pricing for commissioned GPUs as of December 31, 2026 multiplied by 8,760 hours per year and includes annualized revenue for storage and ancillaries. ARR is an operating metric, not a GAAP measure, and is not derived from, or a substitute for, revenue determined in accordance with GAAP; it does not reflect applicable GAAP recognition and measurement effects.The $4bn+ ARR target reflects 480MW (gross) of AI Cloud capacity planned by year-end 2026 based on internal company assumptions regarding GPU models, contracting, utilization and pricing, with revenue expected to ramp upon, and being subject to commissioning, testing and customer acceptance of GPUs in the months following each data center's delivery.Customer prepayments represent amounts contractually payable by customers in advance of service delivery under agreements executed since June 1, 2026, expressed as a percentage of the estimated capital expenditure attributable to the associated deployments. Prepayment terms vary by contract and there can be no assurance that future contracts will include prepayments on similar terms.Weighted average contract term is calculated by weighting each contract’s stated term by its contribution to ARR.Reflects USD equivalent, unaudited preliminary cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2026, and includes $1.7bn of restricted cash in connection with the GPU financing for the Microsoft contract at Horizon 1-4.
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This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or IREN’s future financial or operating performance. Forward-looking statements include information concerning possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of our business plan and strategies, ARR and revenue targets, the timing and extent to which GPU capacity included in ARR becomes revenue-generating and contributes to revenue recognized in accordance with GAAP, expectations regarding the contracting of additional GPU capacity and the delivery, commissioning and customer acceptance of GPU capacity, associated funding requirements, performance under applicable customer contracts, anticipated utilization and pricing, customer selection and engagement, expectations as to future AI cloud capacity and other trends we expect to affect our business. These statements often include words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “may,” “can,” “should,” “could,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “project,” “strive,” “budget,” “forecast,” “expect,” “intend,” “target”, “will,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “scheduled”. Forward-looking statements may also be made, verbally or in writing, by members of our Board or management team in connection with this news release.

These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause IREN’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including IREN’s ability to successfully execute on its growth strategies and operating plans, achieve its targeted AI Cloud ARR and related revenue expectations, continue to develop its existing data center sites, design and deploy direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems, and diversify and expand into the AI Cloud market, along with other important factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in IREN’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 28, 2025 and our other filings with the SEC. These and other important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any forward-looking statement included in this press release speaks only as of the date of such statement. Except as required by law, IREN disclaims any obligation to update or revise, or to publicly announce any update or revision to, any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Shares of IREN (NASDAQ:IREN) are down another 9% in early afternoon trading Thursday to $34.67, capping a brutal stretch in which IREN stock has shed 41.3% over the past month.

July 15, 2026 07:00 ET  | Source: IREN

NEW YORK, July 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) (“IREN”) today announced the appointment of Eric Hammersley as Chief Information Security Officer.

The appointment follows the recent additions of Kambiz Aghili as Chief Product Officer and Michael Nudelman as Chief Development Officer, as IREN continues to strengthen its senior leadership team and expand its AI Cloud platform across new markets and services.

As Chief Information Security Officer, Mr. Hammersley will lead IREN’s security program across all three layers of its platform: data centers, compute and software.

Mr. Hammersley brings more than two decades of experience securing cloud platforms and critical infrastructure. He joins from Nutanix, where he served as Vice President, Engineering and Chief Product Security Officer, responsible for security governance, compliance and operational assurance across the company’s software and SaaS products.

His earlier roles include leading software product security architecture for NVIDIA’s high-performance computing environments, and senior engineering positions across the U.S. federal government and defense sector, including as Chief Engineer supporting the Joint Chiefs of Staff (J6). He is a U.S. Navy veteran.

Daniel Roberts, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of IREN, said:

“Security is core to how we design, build and operate our platform. As we deliver AI Cloud services to some of the most demanding customers in the world, Eric’s experience securing cloud platforms at scale will be invaluable.”

About IREN

IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud provider, delivering large-scale data centers and compute for AI training and inference. IREN’s platform is underpinned by its expansive portfolio of grid-connected land and power in renewable-rich regions across North America, Europe and APAC.

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This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or IREN’s future financial or operating performance. Forward-looking statements include information concerning possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of our business plan and strategies, revenue targets, expectations relating to capital expenditures, anticipated hardware deliveries, and trends we expect to affect our business. These statements often include words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “may,” “can,” “should,” “could,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “project,” “strive,” “budget,” “forecast,” “expect,” “intend,” “target”, “will,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “scheduled”. Forward-looking statements may also be made, verbally or in writing, by members of our Board or management team in connection with this news release.

These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause IREN’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including IREN’s ability to successfully execute on its growth strategies and operating plans, achieve its targeted annualized run-rate revenue and operating capacity, continue to develop its existing data center sites, design and deploy direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems, and diversify and expand into the market for high performance computing solutions (including the market for cloud services and potential colocation services), along with other important factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in IREN’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 28, 2025 and our other filings with the SEC. These and other important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any forward-looking statement included in this press release speaks only as of the date of such statement. Except as required by law, IREN disclaims any obligation to update or revise, or to publicly announce any update or revision to, any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

IREN strengthened its AI platform through new executive hires, Mirantis integration, Russell 1000 inclusion and continued infrastructure execution milestones. Meta Compute primarily threatens spot GPU rental providers, while IREN's $3.1 billion contracted ARR remains supported by long-term hyperscaler agreements. Management reaffirmed Horizon 1-4 delivery, a $3.7 billion ARR target for 2026 and expansion toward 1.21 GW of AI cloud capacity in 2027.

In a July 6, 2026 SEC filing, TTRF Capital Ltd reported establishing a new position in IREN Limited (IREN 7.45%).

What happenedAccording to an SEC filing on July 6, 2026, TTRF Capital Ltd initiated a new position in IREN Limited during the quarter. The acquisition of 66,817 shares represents a 2.0% allocation of the firm's reportable equity assets. The net position value for the stake was $3.1 million at the period's end. Separately, the firm's total reported 13F assets were $151.7 million.

What else to knowThe firm's top five holdings as of the July 6, 2026 filing include:Nebius Group (NASDAQ: NBIS): $89.2 million (58.8% of AUM)Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR): $20.0 million (13.2% of AUM)AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS): $7.8 million (5.1% of AUM)SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI): $7.7 million (5.1% of AUM)Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META): $7.5 million (4.9% of AUM)The company outperformed the S&P 500 by 141.0 percentage points over the past year.Based in Sydney, Australia, the company operates vertically integrated data centers used for Bitcoin mining and other high-performance computing tasks.Company OverviewMetricValueShare Price (as of market close 2026-07-06)$43.91Market Capitalization$14.97 billionOne Year Price Change161.1%Employees257Company SnapshotIREN Limited operates a vertically integrated data center business with proprietary computing infrastructure spanning Australia and Canada, generating revenue through Bitcoin mining operations and data center services.The company's business model centers on owning and managing all essential infrastructure components—including computing hardware, electrical systems, and physical data center facilities—to conduct Bitcoin mining on a decentralized peer-to-peer network.IREN serves institutional and retail investors seeking exposure to digital asset mining through its publicly traded equity, while also providing data center infrastructure services to enterprise clients requiring high-performance computing capacity.IREN Limited, established in 2018 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, operates as a specialized digital asset infrastructure company with a focused business model centered on Bitcoin mining and data center operations. The company maintains vertical integration across its entire operational stack, controlling computing hardware, electrical infrastructure, and physical facilities to optimize operational efficiency and margin capture. With a market capitalization of $14.97 billion and significant year-over-year appreciation, IREN has positioned itself as a material player in the cryptocurrency mining sector with geographic diversification across Australia and Canada.

What investors should knowTTRF’s purchase of the neocloud company Iren is notable for its lack of diversification. Although Iren makes up only 2% of its portfolio, the company has already invested nearly 59% of its total stock assets in Iren’s neocloud competitor, Nebius.

In a sense, this is a vote of confidence in the neocloud industry, as these companies have reported massive revenue growth in recent quarters amid strong demand for AI-ready cloud infrastructure.

However, with most investors prioritizing diversification, purchasing one of Nebius’s competitors may seem counterintuitive. Indeed, the fund holds only 13 stocks, and, like Iren, they are all tech stocks with higher revenue growth rates, showing the fund’s considerable appetite for risk.

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Moreover, Iren continues to report considerable operating losses, which further adds to its risks. If the market experiences a considerable growth slowdown in AI, this fund will take a huge hit because of its Nebius position, and the new Iren holding will add to the pain.

Admittedly, buying Iren could pay off for the investors who follow TTRF into the stock. Nonetheless, most investors should not consider such a move if they have already invested heavily in the neocloud industry.

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All eyes are on Terawulf (WULF) shares this morning after the digital infrastructure firm revealed a monumental $19 billion contracted revenue deal with Anthropic.

But it’s not all about WULF only; neocloud provider IREN Ltd (IREN) is soaring this morning as well, and it also has the same artificial intelligence (AI) research lab to thank.

Despite today’s gains, however, IREN shares are hovering just over the price at which they started 2026.

The primary catalyst fueling IREN stock at writing is the revelation that the company has been shortlisted for Anthropic’s massive, confidential data center procurement project in Australia.

According to reports from The Australian Financial Review’s Street Talk column, the high-profile AI lab behind the Claude family of LLMs wants to secure a whopping 1.4 gigawatts of operational capacity in a regional expansion valued between $12 billion and $15 billion.

Being named an elite bidder alongside institutional real estate giants like AirTrunk and NextDC heavily validates IREN’s rapid pivot into high-performance computing (HPC).

This validation is further amplified today by a broader tech sector rebound – with Nasdaq futures gaining over 1.1% to lift high-beta AI growth names across the board.

The structural implications of Anthropic’s multi-billion-dollar tender transform IREN’s long-term commercial outlook as it positions the company to lock in highly lucrative, multi-decade enterprise hosting contracts.

It also sharpens investor focus on IREN’s balance‑sheet discipline and its ability to scale without diluting shareholders.

A bid of this magnitude signals that IREN’s modular HPC architecture, renewable‑heavy power strategy, and accelerated commissioning timelines meet the technical and operational thresholds demanded by frontier‑model developers.

Just being in the final cohort improves IREN shares’ credibility with hyperscalers, strengthens its negotiating leverage for future enterprise contracts, and broadens the probability for long‑duration, inflation‑protected revenue streams that could reshape its valuation trajectory.

As regular trading progresses, the dual announcements from TeraWulf and IREN clearly signal that frontier AI enterprises are looking past traditional hyperscalers to secure raw, grid-allocated power.

Anthropic’s multi-billion-dollar infrastructure commitments prove that AI capital expenditures are being distributed across multiple agile infrastructure providers rather than a single winner-take-all monopoly.

For IREN stock, transitioning its massive 5-gigawatt secured power pipeline into multi-decade enterprise hosting leases completely reshapes its forward-looking revenue predictability heading into the upcoming August earnings cycle.

While execution risks regarding capital dilution remain a standard talking point on Wall Street, the mid-summer market price action demonstrates that institutional investors are aggressively buying the dip on verified megawatt ownership.

Note that Wall Street currently has a “Moderate Buy” rating on IREN Ltd, with a mean price target of nearly $81.

July 02, 2026 07:00 ET  | Source: IREN

NEW YORK, July 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) (“IREN”) today announced the appointment of Kambiz Aghili as Chief Product Officer and Michael Nudelman as Chief Development Officer.

These San Francisco-based appointments bring additional depth to IREN’s development and product teams as the Company continues to expand its AI Cloud offering across new markets and services.

As Chief Product Officer, Mr. Aghili will lead IREN’s product strategy and roadmap for its AI Cloud platform, including its bare metal GPU offering, managed services and broader product capabilities. He joins from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, where he served as Vice President of Products, spearheading strategy and development of its native multi-cloud platform across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

As Chief Development Officer, Mr. Nudelman will lead IREN’s global data center development strategy and the expansion of its 5GW secured grid-connected power portfolio across existing and new markets, including advancing site planning, permitting and economic development incentives. He brings more than two decades of experience in data center development, energy, finance and management, having held senior roles at Google, CyrusOne and Beale Infrastructure.

Together, the appointments strengthen all three layers of IREN’s vertically integrated AI Cloud platform: data centers (power, land, substations, buildings and cooling), compute (chips, storage, servers and networking) and software (managed services and enterprise support).

Daniel Roberts, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of IREN, said:

“IREN’s growth comes down to securing large-scale land and power in the right markets and building the full AI stack on top of it.

Kambiz brings deep product leadership from one of the world’s leading cloud platforms, and Michael brings a proven track record in hyperscale data center development. We’re excited to have both of them join IREN at an important stage of our growth.”

About IREN

IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud provider, delivering large-scale data centers and GPU clusters for AI training and inference. IREN’s platform is underpinned by its expansive portfolio of grid-connected land and power in renewable-rich regions across North America, Europe and APAC.

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Investors
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Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or IREN’s future financial or operating performance. Forward-looking statements include information concerning possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of our business plan and strategies, revenue targets, expectations relating to capital expenditures, anticipated hardware deliveries, and trends we expect to affect our business. These statements often include words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “may,” “can,” “should,” “could,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “project,” “strive,” “budget,” “forecast,” “expect,” “intend,” “target”, “will,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “scheduled”. Forward-looking statements may also be made, verbally or in writing, by members of our Board or management team in connection with this news release.

These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause IREN’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including IREN’s ability to successfully execute on its growth strategies and operating plans, achieve its targeted annualized run-rate revenue and operating capacity, continue to develop its existing data center sites, design and deploy direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems, and diversify and expand into the market for high performance computing solutions (including the market for cloud services and potential colocation services), along with other important factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in IREN’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 28, 2025 and our other filings with the SEC. These and other important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any forward-looking statement included in this press release speaks only as of the date of such statement. Except as required by law, IREN disclaims any obligation to update or revise, or to publicly announce any update or revision to, any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Shares of AI data center giant IREN (IREN) are moving 3.9% lower at $43.94 this afternoon, pulling back as a choppy tech sector weighs on investors. Despite the blockchain specialist’s debut on the Russell 1000 Index (RUT) earlier this week, the equity is headed for an eighth-straight daily drop—its lowest close since April. However, not all is lost. In fact, IREN is sporting a 14.8% year-to-date lead and now looks to be within a chip shot of a historically bullish trendline.

According to Schaeffer’s Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White, IREN is trading within 0.75 times the 260-day moving average's 20-day average true range (ATR), after spending at least 80% of the previous two weeks and 80% of the prior 42 trading sessions above that trendline.

This signal has flashed five times over the last decade, after which the stock was higher one month later 60% of the time, averaging a 19.9% gain. A similar move from the stock’s current perch would put the AI powerhouse at $52.68.

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Bears look firmly in control, with 18.7% of the stock’s available float sold short. Short interest rose 26.5% during the past two reporting periods, leaving less than two days for sellers to buy back their bearish bets while IREN is ripe for a squeeze.

Options traders have been bearish as well, leaving more room for bulls should this attention begin to unwind. Specifically, at the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), IREN stock's 10-day put/call volume ratio of 4.20 ranks in the highest possible percentile of its annual range.

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June 29, 2026 07:01 ET  | Source: IREN

NEW YORK, June 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) (“IREN”) today announced that it has been added to the Russell 1000 Index effective after market close on June 26, following the FTSE Russell Indexes reconstitution.

The Russell 1000 Index includes approximately 1,000 of the largest U.S. companies based on market capitalization and is widely used by investors as a benchmark for the performance of large-cap stocks.

Inclusion in the Russell 1000 Index represents an important milestone for IREN. It follows a period of continued expansion of IREN’s U.S. operations and customer base.

The Russell 1000 is managed by FTSE Russell, a global leader in index and analytics. Membership in the Russell 1000 Index is based on membership in the broad-market Russell 3000 Index.

About IREN

IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud provider, delivering large-scale data centers and compute for AI training and inference. IREN’s platform is underpinned by its expansive portfolio of grid-connected land and power in renewable-rich regions across North America, Europe and APAC.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or IREN’s future financial or operating performance. Forward-looking statements include information concerning possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of our business plan and strategies, revenue targets and trends we expect to affect our business. These statements often include words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “may,” “can,” “should,” “could,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “project,” “strive,” “budget,” “forecast,” “expect,” “intend,” “target”, “will,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “scheduled”. Forward-looking statements may also be made, verbally or in writing, by members of our Board or management team in connection with this news release.

These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause IREN’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including IREN’s ability to successfully execute on its growth strategies and operating plans, achieve its targeted annualized AI Cloud revenue, continue to develop its existing data center sites, design and deploy direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems, and diversify and expand into the market for high performance computing solutions (including the market for cloud services and potential colocation services), along with other important factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in IREN’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 28, 2025 and our other filings with the SEC. These and other important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any forward-looking statement included in this press release speaks only as of the date of such statement. Except as required by law, IREN disclaims any obligation to update or revise, or to publicly announce any update or revision to, any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Leopold Aschenbrenner, a prominent German AI researcher and investor who previously worked at OpenAI, launched his Situational Awareness hedge fund in Sept. 2024. That AI-focused fund has delivered a return of more than 1,000% since its inception and now manages more than $20 billion in assets.

Aschenbrenner believes the ultimate bottleneck for the AI market's growth won't be algorithms, but rather the physical constraints of data centers, chips, and power grids. That's why his fund invests heavily in "neocloud" companies. Unlike "hyperscale" clouds like Amazon Web Services (AWS), which provide a broad range of general-purpose cloud services, neocloud companies only provide cloud infrastructure services for AI companies.

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By installing specialized hardware (like data center GPUs) across their streamlined architecture, neocloud companies can process AI tasks faster and more cheaply than hyperscalers. They can also offer more flexible contracts. According to Synergy Research Group, the neocloud market could grow at an explosive 58% CAGR from 2025 to 2031 as the AI market expands.

What are Aschenbrenner's three big neocloud stocks? That's why Situational Awareness's investments in three neocloud companies -- Nebius (NBIS 6.46%), CoreWeave (CRWV 2.93%), and IREN (IREN 4.00%) -- are attracting so much attention. Nebius, which is based in the Netherlands, provides customized AI infrastructure services for the data training, edtech, and robotics markets. CoreWeave, based in the U.S., primarily helps companies run GPU-intensive tasks remotely. IREN, which is headquartered in Australia, is another vertically integrated AI cloud data center company which only uses renewable energy.

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Nvidia (NVDA +0.07%), the world's largest producer of data center GPUs, owns major stakes in Nebius and CoreWeave, and has the option to buy a major stake in IREN. Analysts expect all three companies to deliver explosive sales growth over the next few years.

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Nebius, CoreWeave, and IREN trade at six, three, and seven times next year's sales, respectively. Those price-to-sales ratios are surprisingly low, but that's probably because investors are concerned about the high costs of expanding their cloud infrastructure.

But over the long term, economies of scale could reduce their costs and stabilize profit growth. That's why it could be smart to invest in these neocloud companies, even as near-term concerns about their spending continue to compress their valuations. It's also a good idea to follow Aschenbrenner and Nvidia's lead and spread your bets across all three companies -- as well as other neocloud companies -- just in case one of them fizzles out.

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IREN (NASDAQ:IREN) has transformed from a Bitcoin miner into one of the most aggressively contracted AI cloud platforms on the public market, and the stock has rerated to match.

Shares closed at $59.96 on June 18, 2026, up 511.84% over the past year. Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for IREN is $114.86, implying 91.55% upside. Our model classification is Bullish, with confidence of 90%.

24/7 Wall St. Price Target Summary Metric Value Current Price $59.96 24/7 Wall St. Price Target $114.86 Upside 91.55% Recommendation BUY Confidence Level 90% A Year That Rewrote the IREN Story IREN is having a remarkable year. The stock is up 58.75% year to date, 25.6% over the past month, and trades roughly 5% below its 52-week high of $76.87.

The Q3 FY2026 report on May 7, 2026 looked weak on paper: revenue of $144.8 million missed consensus by 33.97% and the company posted a $247.8 million net loss that included a $140.4 million non-cash impairment on retired mining hardware.

The market looked past it because AI Cloud Services revenue almost doubled sequentially to $33.6 million, and IREN signed a five-year, $3.4 billion AI Cloud contract with NVIDIA. The June 16 acquisition of Spanish developer Ingenostrum added roughly 490 MW of European capacity.

The Case for $125 and Higher The bull case rests on capacity already under contract. Management is targeting $3.7 billion in ARR by the end of calendar 2026, with $3.1 billion already contracted. The $9.7 billion Microsoft AI Cloud deal, the NVIDIA partnership covering up to 5 GW of DSX-aligned infrastructure, and a $1.6 billion Dell agreement signed May 26 mean roughly 84% of the 2026 ARR target is already locked in.

CEO Daniel Roberts told investors, “There are no idle GPUs“. Our bull-case scenario points to $124.85, or 108% upside, with Jefferies most recently reiterating a Buy at $79 and the high end of Street targets at $105.

The Risks Worth Watching The bear case starts with capital intensity. IREN carries $3.7 billion in convertible notes, and analysts have flagged a potential $21 billion funding gap to fully execute the global build-out.

Needham cut estimates on June 11 citing a delayed AI revenue ramp, and JP Morgan sits at a bearish $46 target. Customer concentration with Microsoft and NVIDIA is real.

Bulls would counter that the headline net loss is dominated by non-cash impairments on decommissioned ASIC miners and that Adjusted EBITDA of $59.5 million at a 41% margin tells a healthier story. Our bear-case scenario lands at $79.52, which still implies upside from current levels.

IREN Price Prediction 2026-2030 Our 24/7 Wall St. price target is $114.86, our recommendation is buy, and confidence sits at 90%. The tipping factor for me is contracted ARR coverage: with 84% of the 2026 target already booked, the operational risk centers on execution and timing, with demand already in hand.

The setup looks constructive for investors comfortable with a 4.23 beta and seeking exposure to the AI infrastructure buildout. Investors who doubt IREN’s ability to fund the next leg without meaningful dilution may prefer to wait for clarity on financing.

Year 24/7 Wall St. Price Target 2026 $85 2027 $134 2028 $216 2029 $282 2030 $352 These projections assume IREN continues to convert secured power into contracted ARR on schedule. Significant upside could come from accelerated NVIDIA Vera Rubin deployments at Sweetwater, while regulatory or grid-connection delays in Texas, Spain, or Australia would push the curve lower.

June 15, 2026 07:00 ET  | Source: IREN

NEW YORK, June 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) (“IREN”) today announced it has completed the acquisition of Ingenostrum, S.L. (Nostrum Group), a developer of grid-connected AI data centers based in Spain.

The acquisition marks IREN’s entry into the European market, adding approximately 490MW of secured, grid-connected power in Spain and an additional development pipeline. Nostrum also brings a team of more than 50 people across development, engineering, construction and operations.

The acquisition establishes a strong foundation for IREN to serve rapidly growing AI Cloud demand across Europe, one of the largest and fastest growing markets.

Nostrum’s operations will continue under the IREN brand.

Daniel Roberts, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of IREN, said:

“Europe is one of the largest and fastest-growing markets for AI infrastructure, and Spain is among its most compelling entry points, with abundant renewables and strong fiber connectivity. Nostrum gives us secured power today along with a development pipeline and a great local team we're excited to work with.”

Gabriel Nebreda, CEO of Nostrum Group, said:

“We have spent years assembling one of Spain's most advanced AI infrastructure pipelines. Joining IREN means we can now develop it at the speed and scale Europe's rapidly growing demand for AI infrastructure requires.”

About IREN

IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud provider, delivering large-scale data centers and GPU clusters for AI training and inference. IREN’s platform is underpinned by its expansive portfolio of grid-connected land and power in renewable-rich regions across North America, Europe and APAC.

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Investors
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Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or IREN’s future financial or operating performance. Forward-looking statements include information concerning possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of our business plan and strategies, revenue targets and trends we expect to affect our business. These statements often include words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “may,” “can,” “should,” “could,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “project,” “strive,” “budget,” “forecast,” “expect,” “intend,” “target”, “will,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “scheduled”. Forward-looking statements may also be made, verbally or in writing, by members of our Board or management team in connection with this news release.

These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause IREN’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including IREN’s ability to successfully execute on its growth strategies and operating plans, achieve its targeted annualized AI Cloud revenue, continue to develop its existing data center sites, design and deploy direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems, and diversify and expand into the market for high performance computing solutions (including the market for cloud services and potential colocation services), along with other important factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in IREN’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 28, 2025 and our other filings with the SEC. These and other important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any forward-looking statement included in this press release speaks only as of the date of such statement. Except as required by law, IREN disclaims any obligation to update or revise, or to publicly announce any update or revision to, any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

June 01, 2026 07:06 ET  | Source: IREN

NEW YORK, June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) (“IREN”) today announced it has closed a $3.65bn investment-grade GPU financing facility to support the delivery of its AI Cloud contract with Microsoft.

Highlights

Highest publicly rated investment-grade GPU financing announced$3.65bn facility at blended cost of debt of 6.00%:1 $2.10bn U.S. private placement at a fixed rate equivalent to SOFR+2.13%2$1.55bn delayed draw term loan (DDTL) at a floating rate of SOFR+2.25% Funds 96% of $5.81bn GPU capex for Microsoft contract at all-in financing cost of 3.31%, including customer prepayments3

Anchored by Microsoft’s offtake, the transaction received Fitch and DBRS ratings of A and A(low) respectively, representing the highest publicly rated investment-grade GPU financing announced and the first GPU financing in the U.S. private placement market.

The financing comprises a $2.10bn U.S. private placement at a fixed rate equivalent to SOFR+2.13%2 and a $1.55bn delayed draw term loan at a floating rate of SOFR+2.25%, for which IREN has entered into interest rate hedges. IREN achieved a blended cost of debt of 6.00% notwithstanding higher base rates since the initial DDTL underwriting commitment.1

The facility is secured against the GPUs and associated contracted cash flows. By combining a U.S. private placement with a DDTL and securing an investment grade rating, IREN was able to access a broader range of investors on attractive terms.

Together with customer prepayments, the facility funds $5.59bn of the $5.81bn (approximately 96%) of GPU capex under the Microsoft contract at an average financing cost of 3.31%3 and strengthens IREN’s capital structure as the Company continues to execute on its expansion to 480MW of AI Cloud capacity by the end of 2026.

Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan served as joint lead managers and arrangers. The offering included participation from a broad group of global financial institutions, asset managers and insurance investors.

Daniel Roberts, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of IREN, said:

“Securing investment-grade financing on these terms reflects both the quality of our customer contracts and the fact that we own the data center infrastructure these GPUs run in. That combination broadens our access to institutional capital and lowers our cost of capital as we scale.”

About IREN

IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud provider, delivering large-scale data centers and GPU clusters for AI training and inference. IREN’s platform is underpinned by its expansive portfolio of grid-connected land and power in renewable-rich regions across North America, Europe and APAC.

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Assumptions and Notes

Weighted average interest rate across U.S. private placement and DDTL, excluding fees.Margin based on a swap rate as at pricing of U.S. private placement.3.31% average financing cost calculated as expected annualized cash interest expense across the U.S. private placement and DDTL, divided by the combined weighted average funding balance, including the weighted average outstanding debt balance and the $1.94bn customer prepayment treated as a 0% funding source over the contract term, excluding fees. Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or IREN’s future financial or operating performance. Forward-looking statements include information concerning possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of our business plan and strategies, revenue targets, expectations relating to capital expenditures, anticipated hardware deliveries, future financings, and trends we expect to affect our business. These statements often include words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “may,” “can,” “should,” “could,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “project,” “strive,” “budget,” “forecast,” “expect,” “intend,” “target”, “will,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “scheduled”. Forward-looking statements may also be made, verbally or in writing, by members of our Board or management team in connection with this news release.

These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause IREN’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including IREN’s ability to successfully execute on its growth strategies and operating plans, achieve its targeted annualized run-rate revenue and operating capacity, continue to develop its existing data center sites, design and deploy direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems, and diversify and expand into the market for high performance computing solutions (including the market for cloud services and potential colocation services), along with other important factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in IREN’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 28, 2025 and our other filings with the SEC. These and other important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any forward-looking statement included in this press release speaks only as of the date of such statement. Except as required by law, IREN disclaims any obligation to update or revise, or to publicly announce any update or revision to, any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Key Takeaways IREN increased its ARR target to $4.4 billion, up from the previous $3.7 billion goal.IREN's Dell agreement includes Blackwell systems for AI cloud deployments at Childress, TX. The company expects added GPU capacity to support revenue growth and large-scale AI workloads. IREN Limited (IREN - Free Report) is taking major steps to expand its AI cloud business. IREN has entered into a purchase agreement with Dell Technologies for air-cooled Blackwell systems that will support its previously announced five-year, $3.4 billion AI cloud contract with NVIDIA, slated to be deployed across IREN's data centers at the Childress, TX, campus, with commissioning expected to begin in early 2027.

IREN expects the Blackwell deployment to significantly increase annualized run-rate revenues (ARR). IREN now targets to hit $4.4 billion ARR. This marks a significant increase of $700 million from its prior $3.7 billion ARR target. The additional ARR is expected to come from bringing additional GPU capacity online and making it available to customers under existing and planned AI cloud deployments.

The deployment will be carried out at Childress using existing infrastructure, which should help speed up the rollout. Management continues to highlight "time-to-compute" as a key factor in the AI infrastructure market, where customers are seeking faster access to GPU capacity. IREN's ownership of power, data center infrastructure and operational capabilities should help it deploy systems more quickly and support large-scale AI workloads.

The agreement is valued at approximately $1.6 billion and includes GPUs, servers, storage, networking equipment, integration services and warranties. Further, IREN is pursuing GPU financing for the deployment, consistent with its approach to previous hardware purchases. If commissioning proceeds on schedule, the Blackwell deployment could become an important driver of IREN's revenue growth. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2026 and 2027 indicates revenue growth of around 48.1% and 250.3%, respectively.

IREN Stock Faces Stiff CompetitionIREN faces intense competition from Applied Digital (APLD - Free Report) and TeraWulf (WULF - Free Report) in the AI infrastructure space.

In May 2026, Applied Digital signed a 15-year lease agreement with a U.S.-based investment-grade hyperscale customer for Polaris Forge 3, APLD’s fourth AI data center campus. Polaris Forge 3 will provide 300 MW of IT capacity and will be supported by approximately 430 MW of utility power and will be used to support large-scale AI training and inference workloads. The agreement increases APLD's total contracted lease revenues across four AI Factory campuses to approximately $31 billion.

In May 2026, TeraWulf acquired the Muskie Data Campus, a new AI and high-performance computing (HPC) development site in Eastern Kentucky. The campus is expected to support more than 1 GW of data center capacity. The Muskie Data Campus becomes TeraWulf’s second major digital infrastructure campus in Kentucky, in addition to its 480 MW Justified Data campus in Hancock County. The acquisition expands the WULF’s development pipeline and increases its ability to support AI and HPC customers across different regions and power markets.

IREN’s Price Performance, Valuation & EstimatesShares of IREN have surged 71.8% in the year-to-date period against the Zacks Financial Miscellaneous Services industry’s decline of 5.9%.

IREN YTD Price Return Performance
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IREN shares are overvalued, as suggested by the Value Score of F. In terms of forward price/sales, IREN is trading at 9.12X compared with the industry’s 2.97X.

IREN Forward 12 Months (P/S) Valuation
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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for IREN’s bottom line in fiscal 2026 is pegged at a loss of 32 cents per share, revised downward over the past seven days. IREN reported earnings of 4 cents per share in fiscal 2025.

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Currently, IREN carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).

You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

HIVE Digital Technologies NASDAQ: HIVE gave investors a report that, at first glance, supports its bitcoin mining to high-performance computing (HPC) pivot. For its full fiscal year 2026, the company generated revenue of $297.80 million, up 158% year over year. The gain was mostly due to an increase in Bitcoin mining hashrate and the first full year of contributions from its massive Paraguay expansion.

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HIVE is not profitable yet, so revenue is the main story. But it wasn’t the only highlight in the report. The company’s gross operating margin expanded from 22% to 36%, and adjusted EBITDA reached $72.90 million.

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At first glance, investors were encouraged. HIVE was up 2.5% in early trading the morning after the report.

However, the earnings report also comes at a time when Bitcoin (BTC) is in a slump. In fact, in early June, the price of BTC dipped below $70,000. That’s well below the highs of late 2024. 

More importantly, it’s uncomfortably close to what analysts estimate is the average breakeven cost for publicly listed Bitcoin miners.

The Bitcoin Problem Hasn't Gone AwayAny analysis of HIVE’s earnings report and future prospects has to include the impact of Bitcoin pricing. The company’s full-year 2026 financials were helped by a mostly friendly BTC price. For the full fiscal year, the average price of Bitcoin was $98,040.

However, in Q4, the BTC price slid into the mid-$70s, and it showed up in the quarterly numbers. HIVE’s adjusted EBITDA swung to negative $9 million, gross operating margin dropped to 24%, and Bitcoin mining revenue dropped 23.9% from the prior quarter.

To be clear, this isn’t a problem isolated to HIVE. The April 2024 halving cut block rewards in half, and the global network hashrate has continued to expand regardless, meaning every Bitcoin miner is competing for a shrinking pool of newly issued coins.

Data from CoinShares indicates the average cost to mine one Bitcoin among listed miners reached roughly $80,000 in late 2025. With Bitcoin currently hovering below $75,000 at the time of writing, the margin for error has essentially evaporated.

HIVE isn’t ignoring the issue. The company is working to diversify away from pure mining dependence. But the pace and scale of that pivot is where investors need to focus their scrutiny.

HIVE's AI Infrastructure Strategy Takes Center StageThe centerpiece of HIVE's growth story is its BUZZ High Performance Computing division and a stated pathway to $660 million in annualized recurring revenue (ARR) by year-end 2028. That would represent more than double the $297.8 million in total revenue the company just reported for its best year ever.

The plan rests heavily on a 320-megawatt AI "Gigafactory" announced in May 2026 in the Greater Toronto Area. This has been described as the largest planned AI infrastructure project under private ownership in Canada. At full build-out, the facility is designed to host more than 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs, and at peer-comparable Tier-III colocation pricing, the company estimates it would generate roughly $360 million in ARR on its own.

Add in the company’s GPU cloud business—which HIVE plans to scale from around 5,500 GPUs today to 11,000 by year-end 2026, targeting $140 million in AI Cloud ARR—and the math to $660 million starts to take shape.

Will $660 Million in ARR Translate Into Profits?But the larger question is, does $660 million in ARR mean HIVE will be profitable?

Not necessarily. The company already posted a GAAP net loss of $148.4 million in fiscal 2026—a year in which it grew revenue by 158%. Management correctly notes that approximately $221 million of that loss was non-cash, largely from depreciation on its rapidly expanding asset base. Strip those out, and the underlying cash generation looks healthier.

Plus, the GTA site alone carries a projected construction cost of CAD $3.5 billion, to be built out through 2027, a significant capital expenditure. G&A costs have already nearly doubled year over year as HIVE staffs up its operations. The path to $660 million in ARR is paved with significant capital requirements, and investors should not assume that revenue scale alone closes the profitability gap without seeing how the financing structure evolves.

That said, the earnings report showed that HIVE can win good-quality contracts. Its first NVIDIA NASDAQ: NVDA B200 GPU cluster, deployed at Bell Canada's Tier-III facility in Manitoba, went live at $2.90 per GPU-hour. That was 32% above the initial planning rate of $2.20. That pricing discipline, if repeatable, can have a meaningful impact on the company’s unit economics.

The Competition Shows What "Going All-In" Looks LikeHIVE is not operating in a vacuum. The broader Bitcoin mining sector has shifted decisively toward AI infrastructure, and some of HIVE's competitors are moving faster and with more institutional firepower.

IREN Limited NYSE: IREN is the most instructive comparison. Three years ago, it was a mid-tier Bitcoin miner; today, it has a $3.4 billion, five-year AI cloud contract with NVIDIA, a partnership with Microsoft Corp. NASDAQ: MSFT, and is targeting 480 megawatts of AI cloud capacity and 150,000 GPUs by the end of 2026. And the company’s doing all of that while actively winding down its Bitcoin mining business.

HIVE, by contrast, is running what it calls a "dual-engine" model. That is, it’s keeping its Bitcoin mining operations intact as a cash-flow generator while building out the AI side. There are real arguments for this approach: Bitcoin mining can return capital in one to three years and provides operating cash that funds the AI buildout without full dependence on external financing.

But the dual-engine model also means HIVE's story is harder to tell at a moment when investors are rewarding pure-play AI infrastructure narratives. As long as Bitcoin remains a meaningful portion of HIVE's revenue mix, its valuation will carry crypto-market volatility as a permanent feature.

Technical Momentum Meets Fundamental UncertaintyThe HIVE Digital Technologies analyst forecasts on MarketBeat give HIVE a consensus price target of $6.31. That’s an impressive 40% upside as of June 3 prices. However, that comes from just nine analysts and appears to be overweighted by a single $10 price target from Canaccord Genuity Group.

As for getting involved with HIVE, the chart structure has genuinely improved. The trend has reversed, momentum is strong, and the SMA has turned. But the stock is extended in the short term, and it's walking into overhead resistance from the November selloff. Earnings today—happening right at this technically charged level—make this a high-conviction moment in either direction.

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