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IREN Appoints Chief Information Security Officer

IREN strengthens leadership with security veteran Eric Hammersley as Chief Information Security Officer

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IREN Limited, a vertically integrated AI cloud platform provider, announced the appointment of Eric Hammersley as Chief Information Security Officer to lead security efforts across its data centers, compute, and software layers. This follows recent senior executive additions amid IREN's expansion of its AI cloud platform in various markets. Hammersley's extensive experience in cloud platform security, including prior roles at Nutanix and NVIDIA, will bolster IREN's efforts to deliver secure AI cloud services.

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Key Points

  • IREN appointed Eric Hammersley as Chief Information Security Officer, enhancing its senior leadership team.
  • The company is focused on securing its AI Cloud platform across data centers, compute, and software layers.
  • IREN is expanding its AI Cloud platform across new markets and services, leveraging its renewable energy portfolio across multiple regions.
  • Sectors impacted include technology (cloud computing, AI), renewable energy, and cybersecurity industries.

NEW YORK, July 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) (“IREN”) today announced the appointment of Eric Hammersley as Chief Information Security Officer.

The appointment follows the recent additions of Kambiz Aghili as Chief Product Officer and Michael Nudelman as Chief Development Officer, as IREN continues to strengthen its senior leadership team and expand its AI Cloud platform across new markets and services.

As Chief Information Security Officer, Mr. Hammersley will lead IREN’s security program across all three layers of its platform: data centers, compute and software.

Mr. Hammersley brings more than two decades of experience securing cloud platforms and critical infrastructure. He joins from Nutanix, where he served as Vice President, Engineering and Chief Product Security Officer, responsible for security governance, compliance and operational assurance across the company’s software and SaaS products.

His earlier roles include leading software product security architecture for NVIDIA’s high-performance computing environments, and senior engineering positions across the U.S. federal government and defense sector, including as Chief Engineer supporting the Joint Chiefs of Staff (J6). He is a U.S. Navy veteran.

Daniel Roberts, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of IREN, said:

“Security is core to how we design, build and operate our platform. As we deliver AI Cloud services to some of the most demanding customers in the world, Eric’s experience securing cloud platforms at scale will be invaluable.”

About IREN

IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud provider, delivering large-scale data centers and compute 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.

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Forward-Looking Statements

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, expectations relating to capital expenditures, anticipated hardware deliveries, 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.

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 run-rate revenue and operating capacity, 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.


Risks

  • Successful execution of growth strategies and operating plans is uncertain and may affect company performance.
  • Challenges in developing data center sites and deployment of advanced cooling systems could impact operational capacity.
  • Market competition and technological advances in cloud and high-performance computing may pose risks to IREN's expansion and diversification plans.

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