2GW Sweetwater data center hub
Company: IREN - Project: Sweetwater Hub
The claim, verbatim
Design work is underway on a direct fiber loop connecting Sweetwater 1 and 2 to create a 2GW Sweetwater data center hub.
Source (primary)
iren 8-K exhibit (aprilmonthlyupdatevf.htm) (SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex), press_release)
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Quote: “Design work underway on a direct fiber loop connecting Sweetwater 1 & 2 to create 2GW Sweetwater data center hub”
How we checked this
Checked on October 17, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
IREN's April 2025 monthly update states that design work is underway on a direct fiber loop connecting Sweetwater 1 & 2 to create a 2GW Sweetwater data center hub, matching every part of the claim.
Confirmed in the source:
- Design work is underway on a direct fiber loop connecting Sweetwater 1 and Sweetwater 2
- The purpose of the fiber loop is to create a 2GW Sweetwater data center hub
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex) (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000187884825000037/aprilmonthlyupdatevf.htm) in full (21,129 characters, retrieved October 16, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms iren 8-K exhibit (aprilmonthlyupdatevf.htm)
Quote: “Design work underway on a direct fiber loop connecting Sweetwater 1 & 2 to create 2GW Sweetwater data center hub”