Microsoft Horizon data centers at Childress
Company: IREN - Project: Childress
The claim, verbatim
IREN is building four 50MW AI data center tranches totaling 200MW at its Childress, Texas campus for Microsoft
Source (primary)
IREN Microsoft AI deal clears first hurdle, shares jump 10% - ABC Money (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Horizon 1 is the first of four planned 50MW tranches, together making up 200MW”
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 50MW tranches totaling 200MW at the Childress campus being built for Microsoft.
Confirmed in the source:
- IREN is building four planned 50MW tranches at its Childress, Texas campus
- The four tranches together total 200MW
- The build-out is for Microsoft
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.abcmoney.co.uk/2026/08/iren-microsoft-ai-deal-clears-first-hurdle-shares-jump-10/) in full (6,759 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms IREN Microsoft AI deal clears first hurdle, shares jump 10% - ABC Money
Quote: “Horizon 1 is the first of four planned 50MW tranches, together making up 200MW”