Iran threatens 'complete and utter annihilation' of OpenAI's $30B Stargate data center in Abu Dhabi

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has issued a direct threat against OpenAI's $30 billion Stargate artificial intelligence data center in Abu Dhabi, posting satellite imagery of the facility alongside a warning of destruction. The 1-gigawatt facility, part of the Stargate joint venture between OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank and others, represents one of the most significant AI infrastructure investments globally. IRGC spokesperson imagery singled out the data center as a target amid broader threats against U.S. and Israeli facilities in the region. The threat highlights growing geopolitical risks surrounding critical AI infrastructure, particularly as major technology firms concentrate massive computing resources in strategic locations. The Abu Dhabi facility serves as the flagship deployment for Stargate, which aims to build out unprecedented AI training and inference capacity. Security analysts note that such explicit targeting of civilian technology infrastructure by state actors marks an escalation in cyber-physical threat landscapes facing the AI industry.