Bitcoin miner IREN has completed its acquisition of Nostrum Group, adding 490MW of power capacity as the Nasdaq-listed company expands its AI cloud platform into Europe.
IREN announced the closing of the deal on June 15, confirming that the Nostrum Group acquisition gives the company a significant new infrastructure footprint. The transaction was disclosed via a GlobeNewswire press release detailing the expansion of IREN’s AI cloud platform to Europe.
What 490MW adds to IREN’s infrastructure
The 490MW of additional power capacity represents a substantial scaling of IREN’s operational base. For compute-heavy workloads, whether bitcoin mining or AI model training, access to large blocks of power is the primary bottleneck, and securing it through acquisition is often faster than building greenfield sites.
The deal also brings roughly 50 Nostrum employees into the IREN organization, giving the company an established European team. The Nostrum team provides IREN with an immediate operational foothold in Europe rather than starting from scratch in the region.
Andera Partners, an infrastructure investment firm, sold its stake in Nostrum as part of the transaction, according to a statement from the firm.
IREN’s pivot toward AI cloud revenue
IREN has positioned the Nostrum acquisition explicitly as an AI cloud growth move rather than a pure bitcoin mining capacity play. The company’s strategy reflects a broader trend among bitcoin miners leveraging existing power infrastructure and data center expertise to serve the surging demand for AI compute.
The added capacity could support high-performance computing workloads alongside IREN’s existing mining operations. As institutional interest in bitcoin infrastructure continues to evolve, with developments like BlackRock’s Bitcoin Income ETF BITA set to begin trading, miners with diversified revenue streams may be better positioned to attract capital.
The European expansion also arrives as regulatory frameworks for digital assets and data centers continue to take shape on both sides of the Atlantic. U.S. agencies have been actively reshaping crypto oversight, with moves such as the GAO urging the FDIC to close crypto oversight gaps and the CFTC hiring SEC crypto adviser Donald Battle.
With the Nostrum deal now closed, IREN’s next steps will likely focus on integrating the European operations and deploying the added 490MW toward AI cloud services alongside its existing bitcoin mining business.
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