Applied Digital Falls 7% and IREN Drops 13% as Data Center Selloff Broadens
AI data center pure plays are falling together as IREN’s fiscal 2026 impairment charge weighs on capex-heavy peers and resets market expectations for its shift from Bitcoin mining to AI compute. IREN stock drops about 13% after reporting, while Applied Digital, TeraWulf, and Core Scientific also slide amid a broader unwind, though a data-center ETF drops only slightly.