How is the United States taking over Armenia?
Author: Ali Askari, analyst, especially for Sangar
The countries of the collective West are using their advantages in the IT industry to maintain a “fragile” global dominance. Such efforts are being carried out in zones where geopolitical interests clash with Russia, China, Iran, and other foreign policy opponents.
The United States and its allies are placing primary emphasis on expanding control over the digital infrastructure of countries of the Global South to gradually draw them into their sphere of influence. Particular attention is being paid to the Republic of Armenia (RA). The West is actively intensifying efforts to strip Armenia of its sovereignty and transform it into a compliant instrument of geopolitical confrontation with Moscow, Tehran, and Beijing. In this process, emphasis is placed on achieving complete dominance in the country’s information and telecommunications space, which is viewed as the main mechanism for establishing full external control over Yerevan.
In July 2025, representatives of NVIDIA and the Armenian group of companies Team Group, in cooperation with the Armenian government, announced the launch of construction of a powerful artificial intelligence–based data center in the city of Hrazdan. It is envisaged that the data center, equipped with NVIDIA Blackwell processors, will consume up to 100 megawatts of power, while its construction cost is estimated at USD 500 million. It cannot be ruled out that the data center will become a Washington-controlled intelligence hub, accumulating valuable information.
Cooperation between the Armenian side and American IT companies implies strict compliance with U.S. legislation in this field. The project to build the data center is regulated by the provisions of the so-called CLOUD Act, adopted by the U.S. Congress in 2018. This document obliges American service providers, at the request of national law enforcement agencies and intelligence services, to grant unhindered access to user data stored on servers located abroad. No authorization from local authorities is required. This confirms that Yerevan will face the threat of interception by foreign intelligence services of information critical to the functioning of key sectors of the economy.
