Horizon

Project of IREN

Kind

campus

Location

Childress, Texas

County

Childress

State/region

TX

Country

US

Status

partially operational as of October 12, 2026

Where it stands

Horizon 1, a 50 MW (IT) liquid-cooled deployment at Childress, was delivered to and accepted by Microsoft in August 2026. Horizons 2-4, three more 50 MW phases that complete the 200 MW Microsoft contract, are in late-stage construction and targeted for the December 2026 quarter. Early site works have started for Horizons 5-6, with no capacity stated. The separate transition of existing Childress capacity (the former mining site) to AI Cloud is excluded from these figures.

50 MW in service · 150 MW under construction · 200 MW planned

Assessed October 18, 2026 from the newest filings, releases and reporting that name this project (newest relied on: October 12, 2026).

Capacity

What has actually been delivered, against what has been promised. Each figure links to the statement it came from.

Who has claimed this site

Capacity commitments in the order they were announced. A commitment that ended shows why.

Claims about this project

Site intelligence

Childress, Texas, TX

Weak

Childress, TX

34.5197, -100.2068

Approximate address GQ9V+V7 Abington, TX, USA Reverse-geocoded from the candidate centroid; not a permit-confirmed parcel address.

Conclusion so far We have not located the site yet. · confidence 30%

Undetermined: we have not yet located the actual site, only the town or county it is in, so imagery cannot say whether anything is running.

What would change this: A published address, parcel, coordinates or permit for the site itself.

Latest clear imagery: Google 2026-09-29

Newest clear images4 clear image date(s)

Grid interconnection Closest 345kV substation is 11.8 mi away. At this distance the project would need to build a new substation on- or near-site to deliver announced load — a viability and schedule signal, not a disqualifier.

How we located this site

5/100 (weak): locality location 5

1. Initial geocode 2026-09-05
   Childress, Texas, TX → town/county centre, 4 km box -- not the site
2. Nearest substation (earlier method) 2026-09-05
   re-centred on the nearest high-voltage substation (superseded method)
3. Starting point (the project's stated locality) 2026-10-19
   Childress, Texas → 34.42645, -100.20400 (locality)
4. No site-level evidence yet 2026-10-19
   no address, road, landmark or coordinates tie this project to a specific parcel yet -- the town is shown, NOT the site
5. OpenStreetMap features nearby 2026-10-19
   0 named match(es)

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