Nvidia Just Became Its Own Cloud Customer — And the $5.5 Billion IREN Deal Proves It
The company that sells every shovel in the AI gold rush just started renting shovels from someone else. And it’s paying $5.5 billion for the privilege. On May 7, Nvidia and IREN Limited announced a partnership combining a $3.4 billion cloud services contract with a $2.1 billion equity option — deploying up to 5 gigawatts of AI infrastructure using Nvidia’s DSX architecture. That’s enough power for 3.75 million homes, dedicated entirely to AI computation. ...