Horizons 2-4 deployments for Microsoft in 2026
Company: IREN - Project: Childress
The claim, verbatim
IREN will deliver three additional 50-megawatt AI Cloud deployments (Horizons 2-4) to Microsoft at Childress, Texas in 2026, completing 200 megawatts total capacity
Source (primary)
IREN delivers first AI data center to Microsoft as short interest hits 26% - scanx.trade (-, news_article)
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Quote: “It is the first of four such facilities scheduled for delivery in 2026, which will together supply 200 megawatts of capacity”
How we checked this
Checked on September 19, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document states Horizon 1 is the first of four 50-megawatt deployments for Microsoft at Childress, Texas, scheduled for 2026 and totaling 200 megawatts, with Horizons 2-4 still due later this year.
Confirmed in the source:
- IREN will deliver three additional 50-megawatt AI Cloud deployments (Horizons 2-4) to Microsoft in 2026
- The deployments are located at IREN's Childress, Texas campus
- The four deployments together supply 200 megawatts of capacity
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://scanx.trade/stock-market-news/companies/iren-shares-jump-10-microsoft-accepts-first-ai-data-center/48180266) in full (24,017 characters, retrieved September 5, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms IREN delivers first AI data center to Microsoft as short interest hits 26% - scanx.trade
Quote: “It is the first of four such facilities scheduled for delivery in 2026, which will together supply 200 megawatts of capacity”