Iris Energy buys 248 Nvidia GPUs worth $10M for generative AI and Bitcoin mining
Iris Energy has invested $10 million in the latest generation of Nvidia GPUs to explore generative AI while it continues to focus on Bitcoin mining.
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Iris Energy has invested $10 million in the latest generation of Nvidia GPUs to explore generative AI while it continues to focus on Bitcoin mining.
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