Iris Energy Achieves 20 EH/s Milestone in Bitcoin Mining Capacity

Iris Energy hits 20 EH/s in Bitcoin mining capacity By Investing.com

SYDNEY - Iris Energy Limited (NASDAQ: IREN), a renewable energy-based Bitcoin mining company, has announced the achievement of a significant operational milestone, reaching an installed capacity of 20 exahashes per second (EH/s). The company has managed to hit this target ahead of schedule, showcasing the efficiency and dedication of its global team. The increase in capacity to 20 EH/s, with an energy efficiency of 16 joules per terahash (J/TH), was facilitated through optimization of the company's existing data center infrastructure. Iris Energy also anticipates a further increase to 21 EH/s in the near term. Construction of Childress Phase 3, a 150-megawatt expansion project, is currently progressing with over 430 workers on-site. This development is part of the company's plan to boost its capacity from 21 EH/s to 31 EH/s by the fourth quarter of 2024. The expansion will involve the deployment of Bitmain S21 XP (NASDAQ:XP) miners, which are expected to be shipped within the next two months. The company has provided estimates based on a 31 EH/s capacity, projecting an electricity cost of $20,000 per Bitcoin mined and an all-in cash cost of $30,000 per Bitcoin. These figures are based on several assumptions, including a global hashrate of 662 EH/s, a Bitcoin block reward of 3.125, and electricity costs of $0.038/kWh. Iris Energy emphasizes its commitment to utilizing 100% renewable energy for its operations, which includes Bitcoin mining and AI cloud services. The company has been operational since 2019 and has recently expanded its AI cloud services with NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) H100 & H200 GPUs. The press release also contains forward-looking statements regarding the company's future financial and operational performance. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. This announcement is based on a press release statement from Iris Energy Limited. In other recent news, Iris Energy Limited has made significant strides in its operations. The company has announced a substantial investment in its AI Cloud Services division with the acquisition of 1,080 NVIDIA H200 GPUs, valued at $43.9 million. This strategic move is expected to boost Iris Energy's AI Cloud Services earnings to approximately 10% of its total by year-end. The company's current installed capacity for Bitcoin mining stands at 18.8 EH/s, with plans to increase this to 30 EH/s by the fourth quarter of 2024. Iris Energy's revenue projections for the end of 2024 indicate that AI Cloud Services could generate around $33 million, compared to $460 million from Bitcoin mining. B.Riley adjusted its stock price target for Iris Energy from $17.00 to $12.00, retaining its Buy rating, while Macquarie maintained its Outperform rating, raising the stock's price target to $13.50 from $12.00. In addition, Iris Energy reported production of 245 BTC in August, marking a 10% month-over-month increase, and achieved an operating hash rate of 16.0 EH/s. The company's AI Cloud services revenue also increased by 2% month-over-month to $15.5 million in August. These recent developments highlight Iris Energy's robust growth in mining and AI cloud services. Iris Energy Limited's (NASDAQ: IREN) recent achievement of reaching an installed capacity of 20 exahashes per second is a testament to the company's growth trajectory and operational efficiency. The InvestingPro data further highlights the company's financial and market performance, which could be of interest to investors monitoring IREN's progress. According to InvestingPro data, Iris Energy has a market capitalization of $1.42 billion and has shown an impressive revenue growth of approximately 150% over the last twelve months as of Q4 2024. This significant increase in revenue is complemented by a robust gross profit margin of 88.24%, indicating the company's ability to maintain profitability in its operations despite the capital-intensive nature of Bitcoin mining. However, the company's P/E ratio stands at -27.22, reflecting investor concerns about its current profitability. The negative value suggests that Iris Energy is not generating net income at the moment, which is consistent with the InvestingPro Tip that the company has not been profitable over the last twelve months. Despite this, analysts predict that the company will be profitable this year, which could signal a turning point for the firm's financial health. Another InvestingPro Tip points to the company's high stock price volatility, which is evident from the price movements over the last three months, experiencing a significant drop of 43.45%. This volatility might attract traders looking for short-term opportunities but could also indicate a higher risk for long-term investors. For investors seeking more insights, InvestingPro offers additional tips on Iris Energy, which can be found at https://www.investing.com/pro/IREN. Currently, there are 16 further InvestingPro Tips available, providing a deeper analysis of the company's financial health and market performance.

IREN achieves 20 EH/s milestone - Iris Energy (NASDAQ:IREN)

SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Iris Energy Limited IREN (together with its subsidiaries, "IREN") today provided a business update. "We are pleased to announce that we've reached our 20 EH/s milestone ahead of schedule. This achievement reflects the hard work of our global team. Thank you for your dedication and efforts in making this happen," said Daniel Roberts, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of IREN. "We look forward to continuing this momentum as we expand to over 30 EH/s in the next three months." IREN achieves 20 EH/s milestone IREN has increased its installed capacity to 20 EH/s (16 J/TH efficiency). Through optimization of its existing data center infrastructure, IREN now expects to increase its installed capacity to 21 EH/s in the coming days. On track for 31 EH/s in 4Q 2024 Childress Phase 3 (150MW) construction is well underway, with approximately 430 people mobilized to site. As part of the expansion from 21 EH/s to 31 EH/s, previously purchased Bitmain S21 XP miners (13.5 J/TH) are scheduled for shipping over the next 2 months. Based on 31 EH/s (15 J/TH efficiency): $20k electricity cost per Bitcoin mined1$30k all-in cash cost per Bitcoin mined2 Pathway to industry leadership Childress Phase 2 and 3 construction (September 2024) Assumptions and Notes Calculations assume 662 EH/s (global hashrate), 3.125 BTC (block reward), 0.1 BTC (transaction fees), 0.15% (pool fees), 484MW (power consumption), $0.038/kWh electricity costs (4.5c/kWh BC, 3.5c/kWh Childress - note August 2024 electricity price at Childress of 3.1c/kWh following transition to spot pricing).Estimated all-in cash costs per Bitcoin mined at 31 EH/s include electricity costs (as noted above) and indicative all other opex (including all corporate overheads) of ~$80m per annum. This investor update includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or IREN's future financial or operating performance. For example, forward-looking statements include but are not limited to IREN's business strategy, expected operational and financial results, and expected increase in power capacity and hashrate. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "anticipate," "believe," "may," "can," "should," "could," "might," "plan," "possible," "project," "strive," "budget," "forecast," "expect," "intend," "target", "will," "estimate," "predict," "potential," "continue," "scheduled" or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology, but the absence of these words does not mean that statement is not forward-looking. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements or information that refer to expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, performance or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause IREN's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward looking statements, including, but not limited to: Bitcoin price and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; IREN's ability to obtain additional capital on commercially reasonable terms and in a timely manner to meet its capital needs and facilitate its expansion plans; the terms of any future financing or any refinancing, restructuring or modification to the terms of any future financing, which could require IREN to comply with onerous covenants or restrictions, and its ability to service its debt obligations, any of which could restrict its business operations and adversely impact its financial condition, cash flows and results of operations; IREN's ability to successfully execute on its growth strategies and operating plans, including its ability to continue to develop its existing data center sites and to diversify and expand into the market for high performance computing ("HPC") solutions it may offer (including the market for AI Cloud Services); IREN's limited experience with respect to new markets it has entered or may seek to enter, including the market for HPC solutions (including AI Cloud Services); expectations with respect to the ongoing profitability, viability, operability, security, popularity and public perceptions of the Bitcoin network; expectations with respect to the profitability, viability, operability, security, popularity and public perceptions of any current and future HPC solutions (including AI Cloud Services) that IREN offers; IREN's ability to secure and retain customers on commercially reasonable terms or at all, particularly as it relates to its strategy to expand into markets for HPC solutions (including AI Cloud Services); IREN's ability to manage counterparty risk (including credit risk) associated with any current or future customers, including customers of its HPC solutions (including AI Cloud Services) and other counterparties; the risk that any current or future customers, including customers of its HPC solutions (including AI Cloud Services), or other counterparties may terminate, default on or underperform their contractual obligations; Bitcoin global hashrate fluctuations; IREN's ability to secure renewable energy, renewable energy certificates, power capacity, facilities and sites on commercially reasonable terms or at all; delays associated with, or failure to obtain or complete, permitting approvals, grid connections and other development activities customary for greenfield or brownfield infrastructure projects; IREN's reliance on power and utilities providers, third party mining pools, exchanges, banks, insurance providers and its ability to maintain relationships with such parties; expectations regarding availability and pricing of electricity; IREN's participation and ability to successfully participate in demand response products and services and other load management programs run, operated or offered by electricity network operators, regulators or electricity market operators; the availability, reliability and/or cost of electricity supply, hardware and electrical and data center infrastructure, including with respect to any electricity outages and any laws and regulations that may restrict the electricity supply available to IREN; any variance between the actual operating performance of IREN's miner hardware achieved compared to the nameplate performance including hashrate; IREN's ability to curtail its electricity consumption and/or monetize electricity depending on market conditions, including changes in Bitcoin mining economics and prevailing electricity prices; actions undertaken by electricity network and market operators, regulators, governments or communities in the regions in which IREN operates; the availability, suitability, reliability and cost of internet connections at IREN's facilities; IREN's ability to secure additional hardware, including hardware for Bitcoin mining and any current or future HPC solutions (including AI Cloud Services) it offers, on commercially reasonable terms or at all, and any delays or reductions in the supply of such hardware or increases in the cost of procuring such hardware; expectations with respect to the useful life and obsolescence of hardware (including hardware for Bitcoin mining as well as hardware for other applications, including any current or future HPC solutions (including AI Cloud Services) IREN offers); delays, increases in costs or reductions in the supply of equipment used in IREN's operations; IREN's ability to operate in an evolving regulatory environment; IREN's ability to successfully operate and maintain its property and infrastructure; reliability and performance of IREN's infrastructure compared to expectations; malicious attacks on IREN's property, infrastructure or IT systems; IREN's ability to maintain in good standing the operating and other permits and licenses required for its operations and business; IREN's ability to obtain, maintain, protect and enforce its intellectual property rights and confidential information; any intellectual property infringement and product liability claims; whether the secular trends IREN expects to drive growth in its business materialize to the degree it expects them to, or at all; any pending or future acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures or other strategic transactions; the occurrence of any environmental, health and safety incidents at IREN's sites, and any material costs relating to environmental, health and safety requirements or liabilities; damage to IREN's property and infrastructure and the risk that any insurance IREN maintains may not fully cover all potential exposures; ongoing proceedings relating to the default by two of IREN's wholly-owned special purpose vehicles under limited recourse equipment financing facilities; ongoing securities litigation relating in part to the default; and any future litigation, claims and/or regulatory investigations, and the costs, expenses, use of resources, diversion of management time and efforts, liability and damages that may result therefrom; IREN's failure to comply with any laws including the anti-corruption laws of the United States and various international jurisdictions; any failure of IREN's compliance and risk management methods; any laws, regulations and ethical standards that may relate to IREN's business, including those that relate to Bitcoin and the Bitcoin mining industry and those that relate to any other services it offers, including laws and regulations related to data privacy, cybersecurity, the storage, use or processing of information and consumer laws; IREN's ability to attract, motivate and retain senior management and qualified employees; increased risks to IREN's global operations including, but not limited to, political instability, acts of terrorism, theft and vandalism, cyberattacks and other cybersecurity incidents and unexpected regulatory and economic sanctions changes, among other things; climate change, severe weather conditions and natural and man-made disasters that may materially adversely affect IREN's business, financial condition and results of operations; public health crises, including an outbreak of an infectious disease (such as COVID-19) and any governmental or industry measures taken in response; IREN's ability to remain competitive in dynamic and rapidly evolving industries; damage to IREN's brand and reputation; expectations relating to Environmental, Social or Governance issues or reporting; the costs of being a public company; and other important factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in IREN's annual report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on August 28, 2024 as such factors may be updated from time to time in its other filings with the SEC, accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and the Investor Relations section of IREN's website at https://investors.iren.com. These and other important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this investor update. Any forward-looking statement that IREN makes in this investor update speaks only as of the date of such statement. Except as required by law, IREN disclaims any obligation to update or revise, or to publicly announce any update or revision to, any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Non-IFRS Financial Measures This investor update includes non-IFRS financial measures, including electricity costs (presented on a net basis). We provide these measures in addition to, and not as a substitute for, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. There are a number of limitations related to the use of non-IFRS financial measures. For example, other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate these measures differently. IREN believes that these measures are important and supplement discussions and analysis of its results of operations and enhances an understanding of its operating performance. Electricity costs are calculated as our IFRS Electricity charges net of Realized gain/(loss) on financial asset, ERS revenue (included in Other income) and ERS fees (included in Other operating expenses), and excludes the cost of RECs. About IREN IREN is a leading data center business powering the future of Bitcoin, AI and beyond utilizing 100% renewable energy. Bitcoin Mining: providing security to the Bitcoin network, expanding to 31 EH/s in 2024. Operations since 2019.AI Cloud Services: providing cloud compute to AI customers, 1,896 NVIDIA H100 & H200 GPUs. Operations since 2024.Next-Generation Data Centers: 345MW of operating data centers, expanding to 510MW in 2024. Specifically designed and purpose-built infrastructure for high-performance and power-dense computing applications.Technology: technology stack for performance optimization of AI Cloud Services, Bitcoin Mining and energy trading operations.Development Portfolio: 2,310MW of grid-connected power secured across North America, >1,000 acre property portfolio and additional development pipeline.100% Renewable Energy (from clean or renewable energy sources or through the purchase of RECs): targets sites with low-cost & underutilized renewable energy, and supports electrical grids and local communities. Contacts Media Jon Snowball Domestique +61 477 946 068 Danielle Ghigliera Aircover Communications +1 510 333 2707 Investors Lincoln Tan IREN +61 407 423 395 lincoln.tan@iren.com To keep updated on IREN's news releases and SEC filings, please subscribe to email alerts at https://iren.com/investor/ir-resources/email-alerts. 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