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Iran threatens OpenAI’s Stargate data center in Abu Dhabi

TechnologyApril 6, 2026
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Iran threatens OpenAI’s Stargate data center in Abu Dhabi
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has published a video threatening OpenAI's planned Abu Dhabi data center if the US follows through on threats to attack the country's power plants, as r
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Construction site with cranes and vehicles surrounding the footprints of buildings. An October 2025 image of OpenAI’s UAE Stargate data center under construction. | Image: G42

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has published a video threatening OpenAI's planned Abu Dhabi data center if the US follows through on threats to attack the country's power plants, as reported earlier by Tom's Hardware. The video, which was published to an Iranian state-backed news outlet's X account on April 3rd, says the IRGC will carry out the "complete and utter annihilation" of US-linked energy and technology companies in the region, before showing an image of OpenAI's $30 billion in-progress Stargate facility in the United Arab Emirates.

OpenAI's overarching $500 billion Stargate project includes investments from Oracle …

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