Iran Threatens to Bomb 1GW Stargate AI Datacenter in Abu Dhabi
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- Iran's IRGC threatens to bomb the $30 billion Stargate AI data center in UAE, using a video with satellite imagery to reveal its desert location.
- Stargate is a major AI computing cluster planned as one of the largest outside the US, backed by Softbank, Oracle, Cisco, Nvidia, OpenAI, and UAE's G42.
- IRGC's warning signals a shift to asymmetric targeting of high-value Western tech assets in the Gulf, exposing data centers' strategic vulnerability.
- The threat includes retaliation against US-linked companies and Zionist regime infrastructure if the US threatens Iran's power plant facilities.
- Stargate was announced by US President Donald Trump in May 2025, aiming to expand American AI dominance and create jobs, with the UAE targeting global AI leadership by 2031.
- IRGC has previously threatened US companies like Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Meta, labeling them 'terrorist companies' for spying.
- Reports of an IRGC attack on Oracle's Dubai data center were denied by UAE media as 'fake and fabricated'.