IREN gains on reported Anthropic AI cloud deal, funding risk remains

Tikr+1 · 4 hours ago
IREN gains on reported Anthropic AI cloud deal, funding risk remains
  • The Information reported that IREN signed a multi-year AI cloud services deal with Anthropic, and IREN shares rose on Monday.
  • Alphabriefing reported that IREN shares rose 2.5% to $36 after Anthropic was identified as the 'mystery customer' for one of IREN's largest AI cloud contracts.
  • Alphabriefing said IREN shares had dropped 16% on reports of 'serious reliability problems' at its legacy data centers.
  • IREN has $4 billion of annual recurring revenue contracted for 2026 capacity, and about $1 billion of that is running today.
  • Recent three-year IREN contracts are above $20 million per megawatt of IT load, and talks are now near $25 million.
  • IREN reported a net loss of $684 million last quarter and guided fiscal 2027 spending to $25 billion to $30 billion.