NVIDIA-backed US startup to provide 20-GW computing capacity in space

US-based startup Starcloud has raised $250 million in a Series A extension at a $2.3 billion valuation, giving the company fresh capital to develop a new type of computing infrastructure designed to run AI workloads in orbit. 

The company is building data centers that place high-performance GPUs on satellites, with the goal of using space-based infrastructure to support the rapidly growing computing demands of AI. The latest funding will support spacecraft manufacturing, engineering and future launches as it works toward a large orbital computing network.

The latest funding round, led by Manhattan West, brings Starcloud’s total funding since its 2024 founding to $450 million, with new investors including NVIDIA and Cisco Investments, alongside existing backers such as Benchmark and EQT.

Putting AI infrastructure into orbit

Starcloud’s approach is based on moving data center hardware away from Earth and into orbit. Its first major demonstration came in November 2025, when Starcloud-1 carried an NVIDIA H100 GPU into space. The company says that mission demonstrated that data center-grade computing hardware could operate in orbit, where conventional assumptions about cooling, radiation and power management no longer apply.

“Last November we put the first NVIDIA H100 in orbit. Today this fresh capital empowers us to build the infrastructure to launch many more of NVIDIA’s most advanced GPUs into space,” said Philip Johnston, co-founder and CEO of…