Florida-based cloud computing startup Lonestar Data Holdings has raised $5M in Seed funding in a round led by Scout Ventures.
The
company plans to use its funds to build multiple data centers on the
moon and develop a platform for data storage and edge processing on the
lunar surface.
- Lonestar
will start by launching a small 2-pound data center to the lunar
surface on Intuitive Machines’ second lunar mission, IM-2, later this
year.
- The
company will eventually develop larger data centers equipped with more
data storage and edge processing capabilities, which it aims to deploy
on the lunar surface by 2026.
- The lunar data centers specialize in remote data storage and disaster recovery.
- Lonestar
CEO Chris Scott emphasized that the moon is an ideal location for data
centers being that “there is no climate, no climate change, and access
to renewable energy.”
- In Dec. 2021, Lonestar tested out its proof-of-concept data center at the ISS.
