IREN is trading 5% up now at $46.93 after investors responded to sharply higher AI cloud pricing and intense demand.
- Contract discussions are around $25 million per megawatt versus $9.7 million in late 2025; recent three-year agreements exceed $20 million per megawatt.
- Bitcoin fell 1.08% and Ethereum 0.72% since the prior close, making the company-specific AI-cloud catalyst the dominant explanation.
- IREN rallied strongly last week, including 7.27% on September 4.