Iran warns about ‘Stargate’ AI data facilities

Iran warns about ‘Stargate’ AI data facilities

Iran has issued a warning regarding potential additional attacks on data centers throughout the Middle East in retaliation to ongoing threats and airstrikes from the United States.

The Iranian military indicated that should the U.S. proceed with its threats to target civilian infrastructure, the nation would respond with its own strikes aimed at U.S. energy and technology infrastructure in the region, as per a video released late last week and widely circulated on Sunday featuring Iranian military spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghari.

The footage published by Iran depicts a globe, subsequently focusing on the Stargate data center located in the United Arab Emirates, accompanied by the message “nothing remains concealed from our vision, even if obscured by Google.”

Stargate represents a $500 billion collaborative venture between OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle aimed at establishing AI data centers, unveiled in January 2025. The project initially faced challenges in launching due to reported funding issues and costs tied to tariffs, and aimed to extend its reach with new data centers worldwide.

This most recent threat follows U.S. President Trump’s warning of strikes on Iran’s civilian infrastructure, including power plants and water desalination facilities, by the close of Tuesday if Iran does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global shipping route that has bottlenecked global supply chain operations since the conflict escalated in February.

Multiple data centers in the area have already been targeted by missile strikes amid the conflict.

Iranian missiles have hit Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in Bahrain and an Oracle data center in Dubai. Last week, Iran also specifically threatened technology firms such as Nvidia and Apple.

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