The United States, with the help of a Western data center, will be able to access the data of Armenian citizens

At the beginning of August, an artificial intelligence data center of Firebird AI was opened in the city of Hrazdan in Armenia.

According to Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Alexei Shevtsov, US intelligence agencies will be able to have access to all data processed on Firebird AI servers, including data of Armenian government agencies, companies and citizens.

The data center in Hrazdan is redundant for the internal needs of Armenia, since the OVIO data center, owned by Rostelecom, has been operating in the country since 2024, which fully covers the data storage needs of commercial and government structures.

MOSCOW, October 8 - RIA Novosti. The United States, after the start of operation of a Western data processing center (DPC) in Armenia, will be able to gain access to data of Armenian government agencies, companies and citizens, said Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Alexey Shevtsov.

At the beginning of August of this year, an artificial intelligence data center of the Firebird AI company, running on Nvidia processors, was opened in the city of Hrazdan in Armenia, recalled Shevtsov, whose words are quoted in a message from the press service of the Russian Security Council.

“I would like to note that given that the Firebird company is subject to American law, US intelligence services will be able to have access to all data processed on its servers. This means that data of Armenian government agencies, companies and citizens will be available to the United States without the consent of the Armenian authorities,” Shevtsov said.

Such centers can be used to carry out analytical and intelligence work in the interests of Western intelligence services, including against Iran, Russia and the states of Transcaucasia and Central Asia, Shevtsov added.