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But the sharp selloff appears to have largely run its course. More importantly, the fundamental catalyst that can propel IREN's stock significantly higher remains firmly intact: the transformative $9.7 billion, five-year AI cloud contract with Microsoft ( NASDAQ:MSFT ) announced earlier this month. It validates IREN's strategy, secures massive upfront cash, and positions the company as a go-to provider in a market starving for immediately available, renewable energy-powered compute.

Microsoft has entered into a $9.7 billion cloud services contract with artificial intelligence cloud service provider IREN that will give it access to some of Nvidia's chips. Microsoft spent nearly $35 billion in the July-September quarter on capital expenditures to support AI and cloud demand, nearly half of that on computer chips and much of the rest related to data center real estate.

IREN (NASDAQ: IREN) reported a record Q3 revenue of $148.1 million, a 172% increase year-over-year, driven by efficient Bitcoin mining and a 98% margin AI cloud segment.