IREN jumps 13% as Dell Blackwell deal supercharges AI push

Shares of IREN Limited rose 13% on Wednesday after the company announced a $1.6 billion purchase agreement with Dell Technologies for Nvidia-powered Blackwell systems aimed at expanding its artificial intelligence infrastructure capacity. The agreement involves air-cooled Blackwell systems supplied through Dell and is designed to support IREN's previously announced five-year, $3.4 billion managed AI cloud services contract.