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While most Bitcoin mining companies are struggling with price fluctuations, Australian computing power giant IREN (formerly Iris Energy) has already staged a thrilling strategic leap. This "Bitcoin harvester," which started in North American green energy mining regions, is now fully committed to the AI computing power race, announcing a $2 billion private placement convertible bond financing plan, rapidly expanding AI infrastructure with a thunderous momentum, vividly performing a capital drama of traditional miners counterattacking AI newcomers.

This financing plan can be regarded as a precisely targeted "capital weapon." IREN plans to issue two tranches of convertible senior notes totaling $2 billion, with $1 billion maturing in 2032 and 2033 respectively, with coupon rates of only 0%-0.25% and 0.5%-1%, and each with a $150 million over-allotment option, potentially raising up to $2.3 billion. This low-interest, long-term financing design not only reduces capital costs but also, through capped bullish options, effectively raises the conversion price to $90-$100, cutting more than half of the equity dilution risk, demonstrating seasoned capital operation skills.

The funds are directly aimed at the core battlefield of AI computing power construction. IREN is decisively bidding farewell to the pure mining era, having previously delisted 5,800 Bitmain S21 Pro miners and recognized $140 million in asset impairments, completely abandoning the old model of "mining and selling coins." The massive electricity and data center space freed up are all allocated to NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture GPU clusters, which have already secured a $3.4 billion cloud service contract with NVIDIA, along with a $9.7 billion five-year computing power procurement deal with Microsoft. After the financing is in place, it will accelerate the expansion of parks in Sweetwater, Childress, and other areas in Texas, transforming air-cooled mining farms into liquid-cooled AI factories, aiming for a 5 GW AI infrastructure layout, creating a top-tier global "AI computing hub."

From Bitcoin miner to AI computing giant, IREN’s transformation has hit the zeitgeist. Its core confidence stems from over 4,500 MW of green energy resources locked in North America — a "energy moat" more precious than gold in the AI computing race. On one side is the low-volatility cash flow from Bitcoin mining, on the other side are explosive growth expectations for AI computing power leasing. IREN’s dual-driven model of "mining + AI" perfectly hedges the risks of a single industry. The capital market has already voted with its feet; after the transformation news broke, the stock price once surged by 16%, demonstrating the market’s high recognition of its AI transformation logic.

In the current era of exponential growth in AI computing power demand, IREN’s $2 billion convertible bond financing is not a reckless crossover by a traditional miner but a long-planned, confident disruption of the track. This new power player, holding green energy and linked with NVIDIA and Microsoft, is boldly positioning itself as a "miner turned infrastructure builder," carving out a significant mark in the global AI computing landscape. And this computing revolution has only just begun.