Built & running
IREN Childress campus (bitcoin mine becoming AI data center for Microsoft)
Also called: Horizon 1, IREN Childress Horizon
IREN runs a large bitcoin mining campus at Childress and is adding liquid-cooled AI halls for Microsoft. The first AI hall opened in August 2026, and three more are planned.
Where things stand: First 50-megawatt AI hall (Horizon 1) was handed to Microsoft in August 2026. More halls are planned in 2026.
🕒 Latest update (Aug 13, 2026): IREN said its first 50-megawatt liquid-cooled AI hall at Childress (Horizon 1) was delivered to and accepted by Microsoft.
What we know
- 📍 WhereIREN's campus at Childress (exact site and city-limits status not confirmed in sources we opened), Unincorporated Childress County, Childress County
- 🏢 CompanyIREN Limited
- 👤 Built forMicrosoft (AI cloud contract worth $9.7 billion over five years)
- ⚡ Power it needs750 megawatts (about as much as 600,000 homes)
- ❄️ CoolingDirect-to-chip liquid cooling in the new AI halls
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- How much water do the new AI halls use? 🙋 I'll find out
- Did Childress County give a tax break? 🙋 I'll find out
- Is the site inside Childress city limits? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- Nov 2025IREN signed a $9.7 billion, five-year AI cloud contract with Microsoft.
- Aug 13, 2026IREN said its first 50-megawatt liquid-cooled AI hall at Childress (Horizon 1) was delivered to and accepted by Microsoft.
🛰️ See it from above
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We only know the town, so this shows the town center, not the exact site. Photos: USGS The National Map.
Where this comes from
- IREN delivers Horizon 1 to Microsoft and achieves NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud status on GB300 NVL72 · IREN (GlobeNewswire) · Aug 13, 2026
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