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IREN Limited - Ordinary Shares
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The company reported that additional GPUs were placed into service during the three months ended December 31, 2025, specifically at the Prince George site. (2 met across 2 tracked commitments)
“On July 3, 2025, we announced that we entered into a purchase order with respect to approximately 2,400 GPUs for a total purchase price of approximately $130 million, which are to be delivered by the end of calendar year 2025 and installed at our Prince George site.”
The company significantly increased its non-current security deposits, which include deposits for development projects like Sweetwater. (1 met across 1 tracked commitment)
“The transition also includes the development of 150MW of additional direct-to-chip liquid cooling data centers at the Childress campus (Horizons 5 and 6).”
Management confirmed the acquisition of contractual rights for land and 1,600MW of power in Oklahoma during the period, reclassifying the $112 million cost as an asset acquisition. (1 met across 1 tracked commitment)
“As of December 31, 2025, the Group had secured contractual rights to procure land and 1,600MW of grid-connected power for a new data center site in Oklahoma.”
The company successfully completed the transition of the Prince George site, displacing all previous Bitcoin mining hashrate to accommodate new GPU infrastructure. (1 met across 1 tracked commitment)
“We expect that all of the hashrate capacity at Prince George will be displaced following the full deployment of GPUs at the site.”
Development is ongoing at the Sweetwater sites. Management reported that the increase in construction in progress is primarily related to accumulated costs for these projects, though specific energization milestones were not updated in this report. (1 in progress across 1 tracked commitment)
“We are targeting connection to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (“ERCOT”) grid and a substation energization date in the second quarter of calendar year 2026 for Sweetwater 1 and the fourth quarter of calendar year 2027 for Sweetwater 2.”
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How durable is the business?
The company's power moat is shifting from 'secured' to 'energized' as it reached 810MW of operating capacity and announced a massive 1.4GW development at Sweetwater 1. (4 expanding)
“We have seven data center sites with executed grid connection agreements... representing 4,510MW of total power capacity.”
AI Cloud Services revenue grew 130% year-over-year as the company expanded its GPU fleet to approximately 2,100 units. While its share of total revenue dropped to 3.1% due to the massive mining surge, the segment's future trajectory is secured by a massive new $9.7 billion contract with Microsoft. (2 expanding)
“Our AI Cloud Services revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, was $7.3 million and $3.2 million, respectively. This increase was primarily due to an increase in AI Cloud Services customers and contracts.”
The balance sheet has been significantly bolstered by $3.3 billion in convertible note issuances and over $2.6 billion from share offerings. Cash reserves grew nearly 300% to $2.2 billion to fund massive GPU purchase agreements with Dell. (1 expanding)
“Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,213,274 $ 564,526... proceeds from the issuance of convertible senior notes, $2,630.8 million from the issuance of Ordinary shares.”
AI Cloud Services revenue grew over 400% as the company expanded its GPU fleet and reached full-year operations for the first time. (2 expanding across 1 engine)
“AI Cloud Services revenue 33,635... This increase was primarily due to an increase in AI Cloud Services customers and contracts, as a result of continued capacity expansion.”
Bitcoin mining revenue grew significantly due to higher average Bitcoin prices and a massive increase in operating hashrate, despite the April 2024 halving event. (3 expanding across 1 engine)
“Bitcoin mining revenue $ 111,160... The decrease in revenue is primarily due to lower average Bitcoin price... and a decrease in total Bitcoin mined.”
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Where does growth come from?
The company is rapidly scaling its hardware fleet, with a massive subsequent purchase of GPUs from Dell to support the Microsoft contract and other AI workloads. (3 accelerating across 3 signals, 1 leading indicator)
“As of March 31, 2026, we had approximately 150,000 GPUs installed or on order for our data centers.”
The company is aggressively building out its power infrastructure, with significant capital committed to the Childress and Sweetwater sites to support a 200MW IT load for AI services. (1 accelerating, 2 steady across 3 signals, 1 leading indicator)
“We have seven data center sites with executed grid connection agreements, letters of agreement or equivalents, representing 4,510MW of total power capacity”
AI Cloud Services revenue is accelerating rapidly, more than doubling from the prior year's quarter as the company transitions its business model toward high-performance computing. (3 accelerating across 3 signals, 1 leading indicator)
“Our AI Cloud Services revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, was $33.6 million and $3.6 million, respectively. This increase was primarily due to an increase in AI Cloud Services customers and contracts, as a result of continued capacity expansion.”
A massive new revenue stream was established post-quarter through a $9.7 billion agreement with Microsoft, representing a transformative shift in customer traction. (3 new trend across 3 signals)
“The total contract value is approximately $9.7 billion over the term of the agreement, with 20% of the contract value to be paid prior to the applicable delivery date of each tranche.”
The company is expanding into the European market through the acquisition of a Spanish data center developer, adding nearly 500MW of power capacity.
“The acquisition will expand the Group’s footprint to Europe with the addition of approximately 490MW of power capacity in Spain and an additional global development pipeline”
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What could break the thesis?
The company is heavily reliant on a single major customer, Microsoft, for its future AI revenue, creating significant concentration risk if that relationship sours. [CONCENTRATION]
“On November 2, 2025, the Group entered into an agreement with Microsoft Corporation... The total contract value is approximately $9.7 billion over the term of the agreement”
Commitments have significantly decreased to $368.8 million as of June 30, 2025, compared to the multi-billion dollar figures previously cited. However, the company still relies on At-the-Market (ATM) equity sales and convertible notes to fund these, with $364.9 million remaining on its current ATM facility. (3 easing, 2 intensifying, 1 high-severity)
“As at March 31, 2026 and June 30, 2025, the Group had commitments of $11,902,471,000 and $368,805,000, respectively... Amounts payable within 12 months of balance date: $ 11,899,054”
The company has not abandoned Bitcoin mining; instead, it reached a 50 EH/s capacity in June 2025. While it is diversifying into AI, it only recorded a $7.2 million impairment related to older S19j Pro miners held for sale, far below the feared $520 million. (1 easing, 1 stable, 2 intensifying, 1 high-severity)
“the Group expects all Bitcoin mining operations at Childress to cease over time... the Group estimates that additional impairment charges associated with the transition could total approximately $520 million”
The risk is intensifying as the Texas government enacted Senate Bill 6 in 2025, which imposes new requirements and security payments for large electrical loads (75 MW+). ERCOT is also pursuing 'voltage ride-through' requirements that could increase costs. (2 intensifying, 1 stable)
“In Texas, changes to ERCOT interconnection requirements and approval processes for large electrical loads... may affect the timing and certainty of interconnections and energization for our projects.”
The risk is easing as the District Court dismissed the second amended complaint in full, though plaintiffs have filed a notice of appeal. (1 easing, 4 stable, 1 high-severity)
“The NOA asserted that the country of origin of the mining hardware is China and notified the Group of an assessment of a U.S. importation tariff of 25%... associated tariff cost of approximately $100 million.”
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