Published April 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The Verge
Apr 7, 2026, 6:00 AM
Iran threatens OpenAI’s Stargate data center in Abu Dhabi

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 p…
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