Cowboy raises $275 million to build rockets with orbital data center upper stages

Published on 11 May 2026

Cowboy Space, which emerged from stealth less than two years ago as Aetherflux to develop space-based solar power, has raised $275 million at a $2 billion valuation to build rockets with upper stages that would serve as data centers once in low Earth orbit.

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