{"id":7012,"date":"2025-07-07T23:15:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T03:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/?p=7012"},"modified":"2025-07-07T22:48:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T02:48:34","slug":"iren-quietly-drops-130m-cash-to-lock-in-rare-blackwell-gpus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/iren-quietly-drops-130m-cash-to-lock-in-rare-blackwell-gpus\/","title":{"rendered":"IREN quietly drops $130M cash to lock in rare Blackwell GPUs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a market grappling with GPU scarcity, IREN has secured 2,400 of <a href=\"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/nvidias-data-center-dominance-surges-with-44-1b-revenue-in-q1-despite-export-hurdles\/\">NVIDIA<\/a>\u2019s cutting-edge <a href=\"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/google-cloud-unleashes-g4-vms-with-blackwell-power-for-multi-modal-ai-workloads\/\">Blackwell<\/a> chips\u2014funded entirely with cash on hand. The Australian firm will deploy the B200 and B300 units at its Prince George site in British Columbia, reinforcing its shift from bitcoin mining toward AI infrastructure. With room for 20,000 more GPUs, <a href=\"https:\/\/iren.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">IREN<\/a> is quietly positioning itself for serious staying power in the high-performance compute race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a market grappling with GPU scarcity, IREN has secured 2,400 of NVIDIA\u2019s cutting-edge Blackwell chips\u2014funded entirely with cash on hand. The Australian firm will deploy the B200 and B300 units at its Prince George site in British Columbia, reinforcing its shift from bitcoin mining toward AI infrastructure. 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