Dell Lands $1.6B Nvidia Blackwell AI Systems Order from IREN
DELL•Dell Technologies finalized a $1.6 billion sale of air-cooled Nvidia Blackwell AI systems to IREN, covering GPUs, servers, storage, networking and integration services with post-shipment payment terms. The deal underpins IREN’s $3.4 billion AI cloud contract and will bolster Dell’s AI hardware revenue backlog before early 2027 commissioning.
1. Transaction Details
Dell Technologies has agreed to sell $1.6 billion of advanced air-cooled Nvidia Blackwell AI systems to IREN, including GPUs, servers, storage, networking components and integration services, with payments structured on a post-shipment basis.
2. Strategic Context
This sale supports IREN’s five-year, $3.4 billion AI cloud contract with Nvidia and follows a prior $5.8 billion equipment agreement between Dell and IREN for Microsoft-related deployments at the same Childress, Texas data center campus.
3. Delivery Timeline and Financial Impact
Commissioning is scheduled to begin in early 2027, indicating Dell will recognize the bulk of the revenue once equipment ships and is installed, strengthening its AI infrastructure revenue backlog ahead of next-generation computing demand.
