Horizon 1 data center approved
Company: IREN - Project: Horizon
The claim, verbatim
Microsoft approved Horizon 1, the first of four data centers under the Microsoft agreement
Source (primary)
Crypto Mining Stocks Rally as Bitcoin Hovers Around $80K: MARA Jumps 7%, TeraWulf and IREN Climb 5% - Yahoo Finance (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Last Friday, Microsoft approved Horizon 1, the first of four data centers IREN Limited is developing under a five-year, $9.7 billion agreement”
How we checked this
Checked on September 15, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article says Microsoft approved Horizon 1, the first of four data centers IREN is developing under its $9.7 billion Microsoft deal.
Confirmed in the source:
- Microsoft approved Horizon 1
- Horizon 1 is the first of four data centers
- The four data centers fall under IREN's Microsoft agreement
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/crypto-mining-stocks-rally-bitcoin-151010611.html) in full (11,814 characters, retrieved September 1, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Crypto Mining Stocks Rally as Bitcoin Hovers Around $80K: MARA Jumps 7%, TeraWulf and IREN Climb 5% - Yahoo Finance
Quote: “Last Friday, Microsoft approved Horizon 1, the first of four data centers IREN Limited is developing under a five-year, $9.7 billion agreement”