Blue Owl funds $2.4 billion tranche for Iren Nvidia GPU deployments
Blue Owl Capital led a $2.4 billion tranche within a broader $2.8 billion GPU equipment financing that closed in August 2026, carrying a 9% fixed rate to fund air-cooled Nvidia Blackwell deployments at Iren's Mackenzie, British Columbia campus. This follows a June 1, 2026, $3.65 billion investment-grade GPU financing backed by a Microsoft offtake and rated A/A(low) by Fitch and DBRS, which covered about 96% of $5.81 billion in GPU spending for Iren's Childress, Texas campus. Combined GPU financing exceeds $6.5 billion, part of roughly $19 billion Iren raised this year as it pivots from Bitcoin mining to large-scale AI data centers and targets 480 MW by end-2026.
Blue Owl led a $2.4 billion non-investment-grade GPU loan at 9%.
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Iren has recently closed multiple GPU financing deals. One was investment grade and backed by Microsoft. The Blue Owl tranche funded a different Canadian site and may enable more deployments.
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