IREN Limited IREN used its fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings call to put focus on execution across its expanding AI cloud pipeline. Management said that fiscal 2026 capacity is largely sold out, putting delivery, financing and fiscal 2027 contracting at the center of the outlook.
IREN reported a loss of 41 cents per share, narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a 50-cent loss. Revenues of $137.2 million surpassed the consensus estimate of $120.9 million.
IREN Sets $4B ARR Marker
Co-founder and co-CEO Daniel Roberts said that IREN has more than $4 billion in annual recurring revenues contracted for fiscal 2026 capacity, with $1 billion operating after Microsoft accepted Horizon 1.
Roberts added that late-stage discussions cover a significant portion of fiscal 2027 capacity, while 2028 talks are underway. Management is prioritizing a diversified customer base rather than dependence on one large counterparty.
CFO Anthony Lewis said that IREN exited the fiscal fourth quarter with $0.5 billion in ARR and expects more than $4 billion by the end of the December quarter. Much of the related revenues should appear in the March quarter.
IREN Sees Pricing Move Higher
Roberts said that three-year contract pricing has risen about 125% since November, while five-year pricing is up about 70%. Recent three-year agreements exceed $20 million per megawatt of IT load, with active discussions around $25 million.
Chief commercial officer Kent Draper said that current customer talks show consistent pricing and strong competition for near-term megawatts. IREN weighs term, prepayments, customer quality and expansion potential rather than one pricing metric.
Draper said that Mirantis broadens the addressable market through orchestration, enterprise support and managed services. That gives IREN more ways to serve smaller AI developers and enterprises beyond bare-metal compute.
IREN Pushes Horizon Delivery Into December
Roberts said that Horizon 1, the first of four 50-megawatt liquid-cooled deployments at Childress, was delivered to Microsoft. Horizons 2 through 4 are targeted for the December quarter.
Management is targeting 300 megawatts of IT load delivered in fiscal 2026 and another 0.5 gigawatt in 2027. Construction is advancing across Childress, Sweetwater and international sites.
Roberts said that standardized designs should carry across future facilities and successive GPU generations. IREN also sees room to add compute within existing power envelopes through optimization and liquid-cooling upgrades.
IREN Plans Major FY27 Build
Lewis said that fiscal 2027 capital expenditure is expected to be $25-$30 billion. The plan covers contracted 2026 deployments, air-cooled capacity for calendar 2027 and spending on later liquid-cooled projects.
He added that IREN starts with approximately $14 billion of cash, committed GPU financing and customer prepayments. Management is targeting another roughly $8 billion of GPU financing and prepayments.
Roberts said that the recent customer prepayments have funded 45-55% of GPU capital costs, while IREN raised $6.5 billion of GPU financing in three months. Its data center portfolio remains unencumbered.
IREN Q&A Tests Funding & Contract Flexibility
A Goldman Sachs analyst pressed management on fiscal 2027 CapEx. Lewis clarified that spending extends beyond capacity delivered during the year because data center investment precedes commissioning and some GPU costs fall into the following capital plan.
A Cantor Fitzgerald analyst asked whether roughly $25 million-per-megawatt pricing was exceptional. Draper answered that it was consistent with live discussions, while Roberts stressed that the referenced contracts run three to five years rather than spot terms.
A BTIG analyst focused on contract duration and data center financing. Roberts said that longer-term talks are emerging, but management wants a portfolio balancing investment-grade anchors with higher-priced AI developers and prepayments.
IREN Keeps Execution at the Center
Roberts framed the next phase around delivering capacity, expanding customer relationships and maintaining funding discipline. Management repeatedly identified bringing GPUs online, rather than finding customers, as the key operating bottleneck.
Lewis also said that spending will rise ahead of revenues, including a sequential increase of $40-$50 million in fiscal first-quarter cash SG&A as IREN invests across sales, R&D, development and operations.
IREN's Zacks Signals Remain Mixed
IREN currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Its Growth Score of B and Momentum Score of A are favorable, while the Value Score of D is weaker and the combined VGM Score of C sits outside the preferred A or B range. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
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