Cowboy files plans for up to 20,000 orbital data centers

Cowboy files plans for up to 20,000 orbital data centers

Cowboy Space has filed plans with the Federal Communications Commission for a 20,000-satellite “Stampede” orbital data center constellation, shortly after raising $275 million to develop rockets whose upper stages would serve as the computing platforms.

The Robinhood co-founder just filed plans for 20,000 satellites — and the real bet isn't space, it's that grid interconnect queues have broken AI infrastructure on Earth

Cowboy Space, the orbital infrastructure startup founded by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt, has asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to deploy up to 20,000 satellites carrying data center hardware in low Earth orbit. The constellation, named Stampede, would be one of the largest computing-focused satellite networks ever proposed. But the deeper bet is not simply that space is a better place to run computers. It is that AI…

Robinhood co-founder’s Cowboy Space raises $275M led by Index Ventures to take on SpaceX and Blue Origin amid ‘AI in orbit’ race

Cowboy Space Corporation has raised $275 million in a Series B round led by Index Ventures, reaching a $2 billion valuation. Founded in 2024 by Baiju Bhatt, co-founder of Robinhood, the company is building orbital data centres and rockets to run AI compute in space. The fresh funding will be used to accelerate the deployment of space-based AI infrastructure. Earth’s computing systems are under strain as the demand for AI grows. Data centres are …