By IREN Limited
Publication Date: 2026-08-13 11:33:00
NEW YORK, Aug. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) (“IREN”) today announced that Horizon 1 has been delivered to and accepted by Microsoft, and that IREN has achieved NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud status on NVIDIA GB300 NVL72.
Horizon 1 is the first of four 50MW (IT load) direct-to-chip liquid cooled AI Cloud deployments scheduled for delivery to Microsoft at IREN’s Childress, Texas campus in 2026 under a five-year, $9.7bn cloud services contract announced in November 2025.
The rapid delivery of Horizon 1 to Microsoft reflects the agility of IREN’s vertically integrated model, which provides end-to-end control across design, engineering and construction of the data centers supporting its GPU deployments.
IREN’s Exemplar Cloud status was achieved following NVIDIA’s testing of its NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 deployment at Horizon 1. The designation demonstrates IREN’s ability to support demanding AI workloads with performance, reliability and scale.
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