# Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has released a video threatening ‘complete and utter annihilation’ of the Stargate AI campus in Abu Dhabi.

*business · news · 2026-04-06 · TNW*

## Key points

- Iran's IRGC has specifically threatened OpenAI's Stargate AI campus in Abu Dhabi by name for the first time.
- The Stargate UAE facility is projected to be the largest AI compute cluster outside the US, costing over $30bn.
- Iran's March 2026 drone strikes marked the first deliberate state attacks on commercial data centres in history.
- Insurers and lenders are now reassessing risk models for Middle Eastern AI infrastructure due to credible attack threats.
- A successful attack on Stargate could shift future AI infrastructure investment away from the Gulf to other regions.

**Companies:** OpenAI, Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, Oracle, SoftBank, G42
**Countries:** Iran, United States, United Arab Emirates

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