Iran threatens ‘Stargate’ AI data center

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

Iran’s military says if the US continues to threaten civilians, the country will retaliate with strikes against the US’s powerful weapons and technology in the region, according to the The video was released late last week and was distributed widely on Sunday Iranian military spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaghari.

A video released by Iran shows a picture of the world, then approaches the Stargate data center in the United Arab Emirates with the message that “nothing is hidden from us, not even Google.”

Stargate is $500 billion in mutual funds between OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle to build an AI data center, which was announced in January 2025. At first it was difficult for them to leave because of what they say financial problems and cost associated with tariffsand he wanted to add and new data centers around the world.

The latest threat comes later US President Trump threatened to destroy civilian infrastructure in Iran, such as power plants and desalination plants, by the end of Tuesday if Iran does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical shipping route that has choked people around the world since the war began in February.

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

Iranian missiles it affected the Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center. in Bahrain and Oracle data center in Dubai. Iran too technology threat companies including Nvidia and Apple by name last week.