<p>纽约，2026 年 5 月 18 日（GLOBE NEWSWIRE）-- IREN Limited（纳斯达克：IREN）（“IREN”）今天宣布收购 Awaken，这是一家专注于内容策略和品牌发展的创意和媒体机构，服务于高增长公司。</p>
<p>作为交易的一部分，Awaken 将停止独立运营，团队的高级成员将根据执行雇佣协议加入 IREN，包括创始人兼首席执行官 Chris Parker，他将领导 IREN 的品牌和市场策略。</p>
<p>Awaken 一直是 IREN 的主要外部营销合作伙伴，支持公司的 AI Cloud 增长计划。将团队引入内部反映了 IREN 在扩展到新地区和客户群体时加强品牌认知的重点。</p>
<p>随着 IREN 在北美、欧洲和亚太地区的扩展，Awaken 团队将在建立全球知名品牌和确保 IREN 的市场定位与其不断增长的平台和客户基础保持同步方面发挥核心作用。</p>
<p>IREN 的联合创始人兼联合首席执行官 Daniel Roberts 评论道：“随着我们在新地区和客户群体的扩展，品牌认知和客户参与变得越来越重要。Chris 和 Awaken 团队一直是 IREN 值得信赖的合作伙伴，将这些能力引入内部是平台继续扩展的自然下一步。”</p>
<p>Chris Parker 补充道：“IREN 建立了一个差异化的平台和强大的增长基础。我很高兴能加入 IREN 团队，帮助提升我们的品牌和影响力，以匹配我们正在构建的规模。”</p>
<p><strong>关于 IREN</strong></p>
<p>IREN 是一家垂直整合的 AI Cloud 提供商，提供大规模数据中心和用于 AI 训练和推理的 GPU 集群。IREN 的平台以其在北美、欧洲和亚太地区的可再生能源丰富地区的广泛电网连接土地和电力组合为基础。</p>
<p><strong>联系方式</strong></p>
<p><strong>投资者</strong></p>
<p>ir@iren.com</p>
<p><strong>媒体</strong></p>
<p>media@iren.com</p>
<p><strong>前瞻性声明</strong></p>
<p>本新闻稿包含根据 1933 年证券法第 27A 条和 1934 年证券交易法第 21E 条的定义的 “前瞻性声明”，涉及重大风险和不确定性。前瞻性声明通常与未来事件或 IREN 的未来财务或运营表现相关。前瞻性声明包括有关可能或假定的未来运营结果的信息，包括我们商业计划和策略的描述、收入目标和我们预计将影响我们业务的趋势。这些声明通常包含诸如 “预期”、“相信”、“可能”、“可以”、“应该”、“能够”、“计划”、“可能”、“项目”、“努力”、“预算”、“预测”、“期望”、“打算”、“目标”、“将”、“估计”、“预测”、“潜在”、“继续”、“计划中的” 等词汇。前瞻性声明也可能由我们董事会或管理团队的成员在与本新闻稿相关的情况下口头或书面作出。</p>
<p>这些前瞻性声明基于管理层当前的期望和信念。这些声明既不是承诺也不是保证，而是涉及并受已知和未知的风险、不确定性以及其他重要因素的影响，这些因素可能导致 IREN 的实际结果、表现或成就与前瞻性声明中表达或暗示的任何未来结果、表现或成就有实质性差异，包括 IREN 成功执行其增长策略和运营计划的能力、实现其目标年化 AI Cloud 收入、继续开发其现有数据中心地点、设计和部署直接到芯片的液冷系统，以及多样化和扩展到高性能计算解决方案市场（包括云服务市场和潜在的联合托管服务市场），以及在 IREN 于 2025 年 8 月 28 日向证券交易委员会（“SEC”）提交的 10-K 表格年报中讨论的其他重要因素。这些和其他重要因素可能导致实际结果与本新闻稿中所作的前瞻性声明所指示的结果有实质性差异。本新闻稿中包含的任何前瞻性声明仅在该声明日期有效。除法律要求外，IREN 不承担更新或修订任何前瞻性声明的义务，或公开宣布任何更新或修订，无论是由于新信息、未来事件还是其他原因。</p>
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<p>IREN Limited 已收购创意机构 Awaken，以增强其品牌增长。Awaken 的团队，包括首席执行官 Chris Parker，将加入 IREN，以加强品牌知名度，支持公司在全球的扩展。这一举措反映了 IREN 将营销能力整合到内部的战略，支持其在北美、欧洲和亚太地区的 AI Cloud 计划</p>

<p>NEW YORK, May 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) (“IREN”) today announced the acquisition of Awaken, a creative and media agency specializing in content strategy and brand development for high-growth companies.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>纽约，2026 年 5 月 18 日（GLOBE NEWSWIRE）-- IREN Limited（纳斯达克：IREN）（“IREN”）今天宣布收购 Awaken，这是一家专注于内容策略和品牌发展的创意和媒体机构，服务于高增长公司。</p>
</div><p>As part of the transaction, Awaken will cease independent operations and senior members of the team will join IREN under executive employment agreements, including Founder and CEO Chris Parker, who will lead IREN's brand and marketing strategy.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>作为交易的一部分，Awaken 将停止独立运营，团队的高级成员将根据执行雇佣协议加入 IREN，包括创始人兼首席执行官 Chris Parker，他将领导 IREN 的品牌和市场策略。</p>
</div><p>Awaken has served as IREN’s lead external marketing partner, supporting the Company’s AI Cloud growth initiatives. Bringing the team in-house reflects IREN’s focus on strengthening brand awareness as IREN expands into new regions and customer segments.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Awaken 一直是 IREN 的主要外部营销合作伙伴，支持公司的 AI Cloud 增长计划。将团队引入内部反映了 IREN 在扩展到新地区和客户群体时加强品牌认知的重点。</p>
</div><p>As IREN scales across North America, Europe and APAC, the Awaken team will play a central role in building a globally recognized brand and ensuring IREN's market positioning keeps pace with its growing platform and customer base.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>随着 IREN 在北美、欧洲和亚太地区的扩展，Awaken 团队将在建立全球知名品牌和确保 IREN 的市场定位与其不断增长的平台和客户基础保持同步方面发挥核心作用。</p>
</div><p>Daniel Roberts, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of IREN, commented: “As we expand across new geographies and customer segments, brand awareness and customer engagement become increasingly important. Chris and the Awaken team have been trusted partners to IREN for some time, and bringing those capabilities in-house was a natural next step as the platform continues to scale.&#34;</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>IREN 的联合创始人兼联合首席执行官 Daniel Roberts 评论道：“随着我们在新地区和客户群体的扩展，品牌认知和客户参与变得越来越重要。Chris 和 Awaken 团队一直是 IREN 值得信赖的合作伙伴，将这些能力引入内部是平台继续扩展的自然下一步。”</p>
</div><p>Chris Parker added: “IREN has built a differentiated platform and a strong foundation for growth. I'm excited to join the IREN team and help elevate our brand and reach to match the scale of what we are building.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Chris Parker 补充道：“IREN 建立了一个差异化的平台和强大的增长基础。我很高兴能加入 IREN 团队，帮助提升我们的品牌和影响力，以匹配我们正在构建的规模。”</p>
</div><p><strong>About IREN</strong></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>关于 IREN</strong></p>
</div><p>IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud provider, delivering large-scale data centers and GPU clusters for AI training and inference. IREN’s platform is underpinned by its expansive portfolio of grid-connected land and power in renewable-rich regions across North America, Europe and APAC.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>IREN 是一家垂直整合的 AI Cloud 提供商，提供大规模数据中心和用于 AI 训练和推理的 GPU 集群。IREN 的平台以其在北美、欧洲和亚太地区的可再生能源丰富地区的广泛电网连接土地和电力组合为基础。</p>
</div><p><strong>Contacts</strong></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>联系方式</strong></p>
</div><p><strong>Investors</strong></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>投资者</strong></p>
</div><p>ir@iren.com</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>ir@iren.com</p>
</div><p><strong>Media</strong></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>媒体</strong></p>
</div><p>media@iren.com</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>media@iren.com</p>
</div><p><strong>Forward-Looking Statements</strong></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>前瞻性声明</strong></p>
</div><p>This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or IREN’s future financial or operating performance. Forward-looking statements include information concerning possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of our business plan and strategies, revenue targets and trends we expect to affect our business. These statements often include words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “may,” “can,” “should,” “could,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “project,” “strive,” “budget,” “forecast,” “expect,” “intend,” “target”, “will,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “scheduled”. Forward-looking statements may also be made, verbally or in writing, by members of our Board or management team in connection with this news release.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>本新闻稿包含根据 1933 年证券法第 27A 条和 1934 年证券交易法第 21E 条的定义的 “前瞻性声明”，涉及重大风险和不确定性。前瞻性声明通常与未来事件或 IREN 的未来财务或运营表现相关。前瞻性声明包括有关可能或假定的未来运营结果的信息，包括我们商业计划和策略的描述、收入目标和我们预计将影响我们业务的趋势。这些声明通常包含诸如 “预期”、“相信”、“可能”、“可以”、“应该”、“能够”、“计划”、“可能”、“项目”、“努力”、“预算”、“预测”、“期望”、“打算”、“目标”、“将”、“估计”、“预测”、“潜在”、“继续”、“计划中的” 等词汇。前瞻性声明也可能由我们董事会或管理团队的成员在与本新闻稿相关的情况下口头或书面作出。</p>
</div><p>These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause IREN’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including IREN’s ability to successfully execute on its growth strategies and operating plans, achieve its targeted annualized AI Cloud revenue, continue to develop its existing data center sites, design and deploy direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems, and diversify and expand into the market for high performance computing solutions (including the market for cloud services and potential colocation services), along with other important factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in IREN’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 28, 2025 and our other filings with the SEC. These and other important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any forward-looking statement included in this press release speaks only as of the date of such statement. Except as required by law, IREN disclaims any obligation to update or revise, or to publicly announce any update or revision to, any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这些前瞻性声明基于管理层当前的期望和信念。这些声明既不是承诺也不是保证，而是涉及并受已知和未知的风险、不确定性以及其他重要因素的影响，这些因素可能导致 IREN 的实际结果、表现或成就与前瞻性声明中表达或暗示的任何未来结果、表现或成就有实质性差异，包括 IREN 成功执行其增长策略和运营计划的能力、实现其目标年化 AI Cloud 收入、继续开发其现有数据中心地点、设计和部署直接到芯片的液冷系统，以及多样化和扩展到高性能计算解决方案市场（包括云服务市场和潜在的联合托管服务市场），以及在 IREN 于 2025 年 8 月 28 日向证券交易委员会（“SEC”）提交的 10-K 表格年报中讨论的其他重要因素。这些和其他重要因素可能导致实际结果与本新闻稿中所作的前瞻性声明所指示的结果有实质性差异。本新闻稿中包含的任何前瞻性声明仅在该声明日期有效。除法律要求外，IREN 不承担更新或修订任何前瞻性声明的义务，或公开宣布任何更新或修订，无论是由于新信息、未来事件还是其他原因。</p>
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