Hut 8 and IREN Announce New Billion-Level AI Infrastructure Contract, Both Stock Prices Surge Over 16%

According to The Block, Bitcoin mining companies Hut 8 (HUT) and IREN sequentially announced major AI infrastructure deals, with share prices both rising over 16% on the day. Hut 8 signed a second 15-year, $9.8 billion lease at the Beacon Point campus in Nueces County, Texas, fully commercializing the 1GW site. This contract doubles the signed capacity for existing tenants to 704MW, raising the total value of campus contracts to $19.6 billion. Adding River Bend's 245MW, Hut 8's total signed IT capacity for its AI data center portfolio reaches 949MW, with a total contract base term value of $26.6 billion and expected average annual net operating income exceeding $1.75 billion. If three renewal options are exercised, Beacon Point's potential contract value could reach up to $50.2 billion. After signing a new $2.8 billion multi-year cloud computing contract, IREN raised its end-of-2026 AI cloud annualized revenue target from $3.7 billion to over $4 billion, with currently about 85% of the target secured within contracts. Clients include top institutions such as Microsoft, NVIDIA, Perplexity, and Figure AI, with customer prepayments in the new contract covering approximately 45% of the related GPU capital expenditures. As of June 30, IREN held approximately $7.6 billion