Bitcoin-miner-turned-AI-infrastructure firm IREN closes $3.65B investment-grade GPU financing for Microsoft AI cloud build-out
Largest GPU-backed financing ever rated investment-grade signals that crypto-origin compute companies are now credible counterparties for hyperscaler AI contracts; validates the miner-to-AI pivot thesis at scale.
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