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IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) features prominently in news coverage related to Bitcoin mining, AI cloud services and large-scale data center infrastructure. As a developer, owner and operator of next-generation, renewable-powered data centers in the U.S. and Canada, the company frequently issues updates on commercial agreements, financing transactions and project milestones that are material to investors and industry observers.
News about IREN often focuses on its role as an AI Cloud Service Provider delivering large-scale GPU clusters for AI training and inference. Recent press releases highlight a multi-year GPU cloud services contract with Microsoft, with a total contract value of approximately $9.7 billion through 2031, and an associated purchase agreement with Dell Marketing L.P. for GPUs and ancillary equipment. Coverage also includes additional multi-year AI cloud contracts with customers such as Together AI, Fluidstack and Fireworks AI, reflecting IREN’s efforts to expand its AI cloud customer base.
Another key theme in IREN’s news flow is capital markets activity. The company has announced offerings of convertible senior notes with maturities in 2031, 2032 and 2033, capped call transactions designed to manage potential dilution, and registered direct offerings of ordinary shares used to fund repurchases of existing convertible notes. These items appear in both company press releases and related Form 8-K filings, providing detail on terms, use of proceeds and impacts on the capital structure.
Operational updates also feature in IREN’s news, including quarterly financial results, progress on data center projects in British Columbia, the Childress, Texas campus and the Sweetwater Hub, and commentary on the balance between Bitcoin mining and AI-focused infrastructure. Readers following IREN’s news page can review these developments in one place, including SEC-furnished press releases on earnings, major contracts, governance changes and financing events.
IREN (NASDAQ: IREN) plans a private offering of $2 billion convertible senior notes due December 1, 2033, to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A, with an option for an additional $300 million.
Proceeds will fund capped call transactions and be used for general corporate purposes and working capital.
IREN expects new capped calls to limit dilution from conversions and will partially unwind existing 2029 and 2030 capped calls. Related hedging and unwinding by counterparties may affect the trading prices of IREN shares and the notes.
IREN (NASDAQ: IREN) signed a five-year AI infrastructure cloud services contract with NVIDIA valued at approximately $3.4 billion on May 7, 2026. The deal grants NVIDIA access to managed GPU cloud services, orchestration and cluster management software (with Mirantis), served by air-cooled Blackwell systems across ~60MW at IREN's Childress, Texas campus.
The agreement emphasizes managed cloud delivery (not just bare metal) and uses existing Childress data center capacity for deployment.
IREN (NASDAQ: IREN) reported Q3 FY26 results and a business update on May 7, 2026. Key items: a $3.4bn, 5-year AI Cloud contract with NVIDIA plus a strategic 5GW partnership including rights to buy up to 30M shares (~$2.1bn). Q3 revenue was $144.8m, net loss $(247.8)m, and adjusted EBITDA $59.5m. Company said $3.1bn ARR is contracted and it is targeting $3.7bn ARR by year-end 2026. Near-term expansions: 480MW on track for 2026 and 1,210MW in build for 2027. Cash was reported at $2.6bn as of Apr 30, 2026.
IREN (NASDAQ: IREN) agreed to acquire Ingenostrum, S.L. (Nostrum Group), a Spanish next-generation data center developer, marking IREN’s entry into Europe and expanding its power portfolio to 5GW.
The deal adds approximately 490MW of secured, grid-connected power in Spain, a development pipeline, and local teams across development, engineering, construction, and operations. Completion remains subject to customary closing conditions.
IREN (NASDAQ: IREN) agreed to acquire Mirantis for an aggregate consideration of approximately $625 million paid in IREN ordinary shares. Mirantis provides cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes orchestration, enterprise support and the k0rdent AI platform and serves over 1,500 enterprise customers.
The acquisition aims to strengthen IREN’s AI Cloud delivery across deployment, operational visibility, customer support and market access. Mirantis will operate as a standalone subsidiary. Closing is subject to customary conditions, including regulatory approvals.
IREN (NASDAQ: IREN) announced energization of its 1.4GW Sweetwater 1 data center site in Texas on May 1, 2026. Energization connects the site's high-voltage substation to the ERCOT grid and advances development of the broader 2GW Sweetwater campus.
Power delivery at Sweetwater 1 will ramp progressively with phased construction and commissioning, enabling grid-connected capacity to support AI infrastructure and reduce customers' time-to-compute.
IREN (NASDAQ: IREN) will release its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2026, on Thursday, May 7, 2026, and will host a conference call and live webcast beginning at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. A Q&A session will follow the results.
The live webcast will be recorded and a replay will be accessible shortly after the event at https://iren.com/investor/events-and-presentations. Phone dial-in participants must register to receive dial-in numbers, passcode and PIN; webcast participants may pre-submit or submit questions live.
IREN (NASDAQ: IREN) agreed purchase contracts for over 50,000 NVIDIA B300 GPUs, expanding its total fleet to 150,000 GPUs and targeting phased deployment through H2 2026 across Mackenzie, British Columbia and Childress, Texas data centers.
The 150,000 GPU fleet is projected to support >$3.7bn AI Cloud annualized run-rate revenue by end-2026. IREN said it secured $9.3bn of funding in the past eight months and expects to finance ~$3.5bn of additional capex in H2 2026; payment terms are post-shipment. An at-the-market equity program was also established.
IREN (NASDAQ: IREN) appointed John Gross as Chief Innovation Officer on February 17, 2026, creating a new role to lead engineering standards, thermal architecture, and commissioning across its next-generation data centers.
Gross brings two decades of data center engineering experience and ASHRAE leadership in high-density and liquid-cooled design, formalizing in-house expertise as IREN scales multi-gigawatt infrastructure for AI workloads.
IREN (NASDAQ: IREN) will be added to the MSCI USA Index, effective after the close of trading on February 27, 2026. The MSCI USA Index covers large and mid-cap U.S. stocks and represents approximately 85% of free float-adjusted U.S. market capitalization.
The company expects the inclusion to enhance visibility with institutional investors and index-tracking funds and said the move reflects its built scale and liquidity as it advances its AI Cloud strategy.