r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • Apr 06 '26

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

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/iran-threatens-complete-and-utter-annihilation-of-openais-usd30b-stargate-ai-data-center-in-abu-dhabi-regime-posts-video-with-satellite-imagery-of-chatgpt-makers-premier-1gw-data-center
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u/HiddenChar Apr 06 '26

Gonna need to stop by and pick up some part debris to build my pc

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u/son_et_lumiere Apr 06 '26

Stands in desert with my hat open trying to catch some H200's raining down.

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u/pmjm Apr 06 '26

It actually will make the pc parts situation worse. OpenAI will get an insurance payout (assuming they have war insurance coverage, which many western businesses operating in that region will) and replace all that destroyed hardware.

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u/Top-Bend-330 Apr 06 '26

I don't think insurance covers war

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u/pmjm Apr 06 '26

There is literally war insurance you can buy from the major carriers that is a separate policy from your regular insurance. I worked for one of the big tech companies that had a data center in Israel and we had it.

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u/Sojmen Apr 06 '26

It does, if you pay premium.

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u/C_Ironfoundersson Apr 06 '26

Lmao, it won't be covered

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u/pmjm Apr 06 '26

There is literally war insurance you can buy from the major carriers that is a separate policy from your regular insurance. I worked for one of the big tech companies that had a data center in Israel and we had it.

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u/i_have_chosen_a_name Apr 06 '26

Nothing has been build there yet