Iran threatens artificial intelligence data centers “Stargate”

Iran has warned of further attacks on data centers across the Middle East in response to ongoing threats and air strikes from the United States.

The Iranian military said that if the United States goes ahead with its threats to strike its civilian infrastructure, the country will retaliate with strikes against American energy and technology infrastructure in the region, according to a report published by Reuters. Video released late last week and It was shared widely on Sunday Iranian military spokesman Ibrahim Zulfaghari.

The video posted by Iran shows an image of the globe, then zooms in on the Stargate data center in the United Arab Emirates with the message: “Nothing remains hidden from our eyes, even though it is hidden by Google.”

Stargate is A joint venture worth $500 billion Between OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle to build AI data centers, it was announced in January 2025. The initiative originally struggled to get off the ground due to allegations Financing problems and Costs associated with tariffsand He sought expansion With new data centers internationally.

The final threat is yet to come US President Trump Iran has threatened to strike Iranian civilian infrastructure, such as power plants and desalination plants, by the end of Tuesday if Iran does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, an important global shipping channel that has choked global supply chain traffic since the start of the war in February.

Many data centers in the region have already been hit by missiles as a result of the war.

Iranian missiles Hit Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers. In Bahrain and Oracle data center in Dubai. Iran too Technology companies are under threat Including Nvidia and Apple by name last week.