Sweetwater 1 (1,400MW) energization
Company: IREN - Project: Sweetwater 1
What the later record shows
The date slipped · new target June 30, 2026
The April 2026 Sweetwater 1 energization target was moved to Q2 calendar 2026 in the August 2025 10-K. No later passage reports Sweetwater 1 as energized.
“we are targeting grid connection and a substation energization date in the second quarter of calendar year 2026 for Sweetwater 1”
2025-08-27 · IREN 10-K filed 2025-08-28 View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗
“2027 expansion to 1,210MW in build o Childress Horizons 5–6 o Childress air-cooled capacity o Sweetwater 1 initial phase”
2026-05-07 · iren 8-K exhibit (irenreportsq3fy26results.htm) View cached copy (2026-09-08)Live source ↗
Checked October 15, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
IREN expects Sweetwater 1, at 1,400MW, to be energized in April 2026.
Source (primary)
iren 8-K exhibit (q3fy25resultspressreleas.htm) (SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex), press_release)
View cached copy (2026-10-15)Live source ↗
Quote: “Sweetwater 1 (1,400MW) – April 2026 energization”
How we checked this
Checked on October 17, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The press release lists Sweetwater 1 at 1,400MW with energization in April 2026.
Confirmed in the source:
- Sweetwater 1 is 1,400MW
- IREN lists April 2026 as the energization date for Sweetwater 1
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex) (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000187884825000043/q3fy25resultspressreleas.htm) in full (26,110 characters, retrieved October 15, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms iren 8-K exhibit (q3fy25resultspressreleas.htm)
Quote: “Sweetwater 1 (1,400MW) – April 2026 energization”
delays IREN 10-K filed 2025-08-28
Quote: “we are targeting grid connection and a substation energization date in the second quarter of calendar year 2026 for Sweetwater 1”
delays iren 8-K exhibit (irenreportsq3fy26results.htm)
Quote: “2027 expansion to 1,210MW in build o Childress Horizons 5–6 o Childress air-cooled capacity o Sweetwater 1 initial phase”
