TechCrunch AIJun 9, 2026, 12:00 PMTim Fernholz

How an e-scooter founder raised $5 million to build space data centers

Spin co-founder Euwyn Poon raised $5M for his new startup Orbital to launch 10,000 space-based data centers.

Euwyn Poon, co-founder of e-scooter company Spin, has raised $5 million for his new startup, Orbital. The company aims to launch 10,000 space-based data centers into orbit. By moving compute infrastructure into space, Orbital seeks to bypass Earth's power and cooling constraints while providing edge computing capabilities directly in orbit.

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