Iran threatens OpenAI’s Stargate data center in Abu Dhabi

The Verge / 4/7/2026

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Iran’s IRGC posted a video threatening OpenAI’s planned Abu Dhabi “Stargate” data center, framing it as retaliation if the US attacks Iran’s power plants.
The video, shared via a state-backed outlet’s X account on April 3, escalates the threat using the imagery of the in-progress UAE facility.
The Stargate effort is described as a major, multi-investor infrastructure build tied to OpenAI’s broader $500B initiative and includes a $30B in-progress site in the UAE.
The situation highlights growing geopolitical risk around AI compute supply chains and critical energy-linked infrastructure for large-scale data centers.
The report points back to earlier coverage noting the potential for wider targeting of US-linked energy and technology companies in the region.

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.

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