Lonestar Data Holdings Secures $6.6 Million in Funding Amid Leadership Transition

Lonestar Data Holdings Secures $6.6 Million in Funding Amid Leadership Transition

January 14, 2026

Lonestar Data Holdings, a pioneering venture aiming to establish data storage infrastructure on and around the Moon, has successfully closed a $6.6 million funding round. This capital injection underscores growing investor interest in the nascent but strategically vital field of extraterrestrial digital infrastructure, which promises to offer ultra-secure, long-term disaster recovery solutions beyond Earth's vulnerabilities.

The investment, initially reported by the Tampa Bay Business Journal, was led by Atypical Ventures and The Veteran Fund, a California-based firm. Concurrently with the financing, the company announced a leadership change. Stephen Eisele, previously the President and Chief Revenue Officer, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Founder Chris Stott transitions to the role of Executive Chairman, focusing on the company's long-term vision.

Lonestar's ambitions represent a significant leap in data center geography. The company successfully deployed its first lunar data center payload during the IM-2 mission in early 2025, marking a historic milestone. Building on this, Lonestar has signed a substantial $120 million agreement with satellite designer Sidus Space to develop its next phase: a constellation of six cis-lunar data storage satellites. These will be positioned strategically, including at the Lunar L1 Lagrange point—a stable orbital location approximately 300,000 kilometers (186,411 miles) from Earth.

Explaining the strategic shift, Stott noted, "Our next missions are to the Lunar L1 Lagrange point and not to the lunar surface. When digital infrastructure is needed for Artemis and others, we will be there to provide it." This move positions the company to support upcoming lunar exploration programs like NASA's Artemis while offering a unique, physically isolated repository for critical data backups.

The funding and strategic pivot signal a maturation phase for space-based data services. As lunar and cislunar activities accelerate, driven by governmental and private sector initiatives, the demand for supporting digital infrastructure in space is expected to grow. Lonestar's progress highlights the convergence of the space economy and critical data infrastructure, potentially creating a new frontier for the global data center industry.

Source: datacenterdynamics