Data center campus · near Childress, Childress County, Texas
IREN Childress campus (Horizon AI cloud)
Operating
as of Aug. 13, 2026
IREN's Childress campus, where the company is delivering four 50 MW liquid-cooled AI cloud deployments to Microsoft. Also known as: Horizon 1-4.
Power750MW reported · record
IT load200MW
Who is behind it
ProjectIREN Childress campus (Horizon AI cloud)Also: Horizon 1-4
Developer and teamIREN
End userMicrosoft
The record, newest first
IREN said Microsoft had accepted Horizon 1, the first of four 50 MW (IT) liquid-cooled deployments under a five-year, $9.7 billion contract, with the other three due later in 2026. (IREN (SEC Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1), Aug. 13, 2026)
IREN raised the Childress site's secured power from 600 MW to 750 MW after ERCOT approved network studies. (IREN, July 24, 2024)
Conflicts and open questions
- it_mw 200 = four 50 MW Horizon deployments; air-cooled conversion blocks named in the lead were not confirmed.
The full record
- Power note
- Grid-connected capacity after ERCOT approval and an amended AEP connection agreement.
- Evidence
- Primary public records
- Size class
- 50 MW or more (tracker scope)