Sweetwater 1 energization April 2026
Company: IREN - Project: Sweetwater 1
What the later record shows
Delivered on time
The May 2026 earnings transcript says the Sweetwater 1 high-voltage substation was energized on schedule, and a later article confirms it was energized earlier in 2026. No passage gives the exact energization date.
“At Sweetwater 1, the high- voltage substation has been energized on schedule and construction is now underway for the initial 200 megawatts IT load phase”
2026-05-10 · iren 8-K exhibit (irentranscript.htm) View cached copy (2026-09-07)Live source ↗
“At Sweetwater 1, IREN energized its high-voltage substation earlier this year.”
2026-09-08 · IREN’s 2GW Sweetwater Hub conditionally included in ERCOT Batch Zero - scanx.trade View cached copy (2026-09-14)Live source ↗
Checked October 11, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
Sweetwater 1 (1.4GW) is targeting energization in April 2026; substation civil works are complete and general site works continue.
Source (primary)
iren 8-K exhibit (ef20051646_ex99-1.htm) (SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex), press_release)
View cached copy (2026-10-11)Live source ↗
Quote: “Targeting energization April 2026”
How we checked this
Checked on October 15, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The Sweetwater 1 project update states each of these points.
Confirmed in the source:
- Sweetwater 1 is 1.4GW
- Sweetwater 1 is targeting energization in April 2026
- Substation civil works are complete
- General site works are continuing
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex) (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000114036125024971/ef20051646_ex99-1.htm) in full (23,104 characters, retrieved October 11, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms iren 8-K exhibit (ef20051646_ex99-1.htm)
Quote: “Targeting energization April 2026”
confirms iren 8-K exhibit (irentranscript.htm)
Quote: “At Sweetwater 1, the high- voltage substation has been energized on schedule and construction is now underway for the initial 200 megawatts IT load phase”
confirms IREN’s 2GW Sweetwater Hub conditionally included in ERCOT Batch Zero - scanx.trade
Quote: “At Sweetwater 1, IREN energized its high-voltage substation earlier this year.”