AI Data Centers Are Going to Space — And $1.1 Billion Says It's Not Science Fiction
There’s a new unicorn in AI — and it’s literally in orbit. Starcloud, a Redmond-based startup building solar-powered data centers in space, just announced a $170 million raise at a $1.1 billion valuation. Led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures, the round brings total funding to $200 million and launches what might be the most audacious infrastructure play in AI history. But Starcloud isn’t alone up there. SpaceX has filed FCC plans for up to one million orbital data center satellites. Blue Origin is circling the same idea. Nvidia is providing the chips. And here’s the kicker — Starcloud already has an H100 GPU running Google’s Gemma model in orbit right now. ...