IREN Ltd. has secured a significant $9.7 billion contract with Microsoft, marking a strategic pivot from bitcoin mining to AI cloud services and data center infrastructure. As the company gears up to report its fiscal second-quarter results on February 5, it anticipates a remarkable revenue growth of 120% this year and 151% next year, supported by substantial investments of $5.8 billion to expand its GPU capacity from 23,000 to 140,000. However, despite these projections, IREN has struggled to meet market expectations in recent quarters, reflected in its stock trading about 29% below analyst targets.