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IREN (IREN) Is Down 12.5% After Microsoft-Backed AI Cloud Pivot - What's Changed
In late April 2026, IREN’s pivot from Bitcoin mining toward AI infrastructure gathered pace as it secured a multiyear deal to provide Microsoft with a large portion of its GPU capacity, underpinning a shift toward recurring AI cloud revenues.
This agreement, alongside plans to grow its GPU fleet and prioritize AI cloud contracts, signals a fundamental reshaping of how IREN intends to earn and diversify its future income streams.
We’ll now examine how IREN’s Microsoft-backed AI cloud push...