IREN Taps $14 Billion Funding Capacity as Microsoft Accepts First Horizon Deployment

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IREN ended June with about $7.6 billion of cash, including $1.7 billion that was restricted, and management says existing cash, committed GPU financing and customer prepayments provide roughly $14 billion of funding capacity as the former Bitcoin miner redirects sites, capital and staff toward AI cloud infrastructure. Microsoft accepted the first Horizon deployment in August under a broader multiyear arrangement, and IREN says its 2026 capacity is largely sold, with recent customer prepayments able to fund roughly half of GPU capital expenditure on new contracts. Management is targeting cumulative delivery of about 300 megawatts of IT load in 2026 and 800 megawatts in 2027, with fiscal 2027 capital spending estimated at $25 billion to $30 billion. Hedge funds moved in before the latest delivery milestone, with 69 holders in Q2 2026 versus 53 in Q1, while short interest stood at 93.61 million shares as of August 31, around 25.01% of float with 2.06 days to cover. The remaining risk is execution: IREN must turn tens of billions of dollars of capital into commissioned capacity fast enough to earn returns before technology and rental pricing move again.

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Microsoft accepted the first Horizon deployment under a broader multiyear arrangement, securing AI cloud capacity.

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