$IREN (+3,72%)

A large part of the investment thesis of $IREN (+3,72%) is linked to the company's ambitious expansion into the fast-growing AI/HPC sector.

While $IREN (+3,72%) Bitcoin mining yields remain exceptional, performance in this segment is heavily influenced by factors outside of the company's control - namely price, network difficulty and ASIC prices. $BTC (-0,26%) -price, network difficulty and ASIC prices.

Today's demand for AI computing power is only a fraction of what will be needed.

The reasons are:

- AI switches from text to real-time video, 3D and full scene understanding

- AI co-pilots integrated into every productivity and development tool

- Autonomous robots, vehicles and smart factories

- AI-generated content on a large scale: ads, movies, virtual worlds

- Constant retraining of boundary models, 100 times more computationally intensive

Access to AI computing power and related infrastructure will be critical for major tech companies to defend and grow their multi-billion dollar valuations. These players are outbidding each other, not only to secure capacity, but also to prevent others from obtaining it. Whoever controls the most computing power capacity and supporting infrastructure will gain a massive advantage over the other.

We have already seen this in the race for $NVDA (-0,3%) chips, the biggest bottleneck in the AI value chain today. But this bottleneck is shifting as computing capacity becomes increasingly constrained by access to AI-optimized energy infrastructure.

And here, in my opinion $IREN (+3,72%) that has more than 3 GW of AI-optimized infrastructure will benefit. It takes time to build, contracts for infrastructure and power connection contracts are becoming more difficult, and the land and locations required are becoming more expensive, $IREN (+3,72%) has recognized this early on.

Increase in hash rate since 2023:

$IREN (+3,72%) available today with $IREN (+3,72%) AI Cloud has $NVDA (-0,3%) H100 and H200 GPU clusters.

These clusters are powered 100% by renewable energy.

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Cipher Mining Inc. announced a $50 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) from Softbank Group Corp, positioning the technology-focused investor as a major shareholder in the company.

Softbank becomes major investor in Cipher Mining

The Cipher Mining (Nasdaq: CIFR) transaction involves Softbank purchasing approximately 10.4 million shares of Cipher's common stock, with the funds directed toward the company's high performance computing (HPC) initiatives.

According to the company, the investment comes as Cipher continues to expand its presence in large-scale industrial data center development and Bitcoin (BTC) mining activities. Tyler Page, CEO of Cipher Mining, described the investment as a milestone in the company's growth.

"We are pleased to welcome Softbank as a major investor in Cipher," Page said on Friday. "This investment comes at a pivotal moment in Cipher's growth trajectory as the company continues to attract attention for its project pipeline and innovative solutions in the large-scale industrial data center space."

Cipher's CEO added:

Softbank's focus on innovation in technology and AI development aligns with our vision to establish ourselves as a leader in HPC data center development.

Cipher said on Friday that this investment strengthens its position in the industry as it pursues broader operational capabilities. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. acted as financial advisor to the company, while Latham & Watkins LLP provided legal counsel for the transaction.

Late last November, the company unveiled plans for a new facility, the Stingray site, designed to improve infrastructure. This addition would integrate 100 megawatts (MW) of front-of-the-meter capacity into the expanding data center network.

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$IREN (+3,72%)
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IREN Limited, formerly Iris Energy Limited, is an Australian-based company that owns and operates data centers powered by 100% renewable energy. Its facilities are optimized for Bitcoin mining, artificial intelligence (AI) cloud services and other power-intensive computing. The mining data centers are located in Canal Flats, Mackenzie, Prince George and Childress. Bitcoin Mining provides security for the Bitcoin network. Al Cloud Services provides cloud compute for Al customers, 1,896 NVIDIA H100 and H200 GPUs. The Canal Flats facility is located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, 100 kilometers (km) from Cranbrook Regional Airport and 500 km east of Vancouver. Its facility is located in Prince George, the city in northern British Columbia, 500 km north of Vancouver. The facility is located in Childress County, Texas, more than 250 miles northwest of Dallas and in close proximity to several wind and solar power plants in the region. The company operates 200 MW of data centers in Childress.

I have put together a few interesting graphics here and I would be interested in your opinion of the company.

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@Testo-Investor Have you already dealt with the miners, what do you think of $IREN (+3,72%) ? I would be interested to know ✌️

All- In Cash Cost per $BTC (-0,26%) :

$IREN (+3,72%) Record-breaking growth in hash rate

In the year 2024 $IREN (+3,72%) set a new industry record for the fastest growth in operating hash rate (EH/s) in a single year among the $BTC (-0,26%) -miners, surpassing 400%.

$IREN (+3,72%) also held the previous single-year growth record of 350% in 2023.

Graphic: @Agrippa_Inv from 𝕏

According to VanEck, switching from BTC mining to an AI data center of just 20% for $IREN would be worth a capitalization of $6,571,000,000.

Despite $BTC (-0,26%) halving , $IREN achieved an impressive annual production growth of 55% - the highest growth rate among all public $BTC miners in 2024.

Graphic: @Agrippa_Inv from 𝕏

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Weekly performance of crypto stocks (28.09.)

+40% Cipher Mining

+25% Iris Energy

+21% MicroStrategy

+19% Hut 8 Corp

+17% Galaxy Digital

+16% Bitdeer Technologies

+14% Global X Blockchain ETF

+12% Coinbase (Coinzi)

+12% CleanSpark

+12% VanEck Crypto & Blockchain ETF

+11% Argo Blockchain

+10% Marathon Digital

+8% Riot Platforms

+6% Hive Digital

+6% Bitcoin Group

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+4% Terawulf

+4% Bitcoin for comparison

+4% Northern Data

+2% Advanced Blockchain

-7% Coinshares International

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