Overview
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard released a video threatening “complete and utter annihilation” of power plants and information networks tied to U.S. and Israeli interests, expanding recent threats that named major U.S. tech firms.
- The footage zooms in on Abu Dhabi using Google Maps, then overlays a simulated night‑vision view that depicts the layout of the so‑called Stargate site with the message, “Nothing stays hidden to our sight, though hidden by Google.”
- Stargate is described as a roughly $30 billion, 1‑gigawatt AI data center project linked in reporting to OpenAI and other U.S. tech partners, and its size would make it a key hub for training and running advanced AI systems.
- Reports have claimed earlier strikes disrupted cloud infrastructure, but widespread AWS shutdowns remain unconfirmed, while Blockonomi reports missile debris damaged the exterior of an Oracle data facility in Dubai during a prior attack.
- Analysts say the targeting of data centers, cloud platforms, and energy grids points to a battlefield moving from bases to economic infrastructure, raising risks of service outages for businesses and workers across the Gulf.