THE MINING POD: Lunar Data Centers Aren’t Sci-Fi, They’re Reality w/ Chris Stott

Sep 23, 2025

Christopher Stott, Founder and CEO of Lonestar Data Holdings, explores the groundbreaking concept of lunar data centers. He reveals how these mini data storage units leverage space's natural cooling and solar power, making them cost-effective solutions for securing sovereign data. Stott discusses recent successful tests, including an 8TB storage device on the Moon, and plans for scaling up to petabytes. He also highlights the unique security benefits that come from high latency in space, proving that off-planet data storage is not just science fiction.

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Space As A New Data-Center Region

Lonestar treats space as a new data-center region with unique geography, laws, and physical advantages.
Space offers uninterruptible solar power and radiative cooling that make it optimal for secure off‑planet backups.

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Solving Data Sovereignty With Space Law

Data sovereignty laws bind data to jurisdictions, creating global friction for backups.
In space, Lonestar can host licensed payloads that carry a nation’s jurisdiction with them, easing sovereignty constraints.

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Free Cooling And Power In Space

Radiative cooling and solar power eliminate much of terrestrial data-center OPEX in space.
Space radiators push heat into deep space and panels provide continuous power at many orbital locations.

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Lonestar Data is putting data centers for storage on the moon. Chris Stott joins the Mining Pod to discuss why nation states love the concept.

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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Christopher Stott, the CEO and founder of Lonestar Data Holdings, joins us to talk about putting computer storage in space! Chris explains how Lonestar managed to place a data storage device on the moon (with more to come), why nation states want lunar data backups, why space’s natural cooling and solar power provide optimal conditions for these mini data centers, and why backing up humanity's data off-planet isn't sci-fi but reality.

**Notes:**

• 8TB storage in 1kg device tested on moon
• Next launch: 1 petabyte to low-Earth orbit
• 15 petabyte system planned for Lagrange point
• Launch costs dropped to <$10K per kilogram
• 300 petabytes already pre-reserved by clients
• Insurance costs 60% of space mission lifecycle

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

04:50 What is Lonestar Data?

07:00 Sovereign data?

10:51 Cooling data centers in space

12:59 Lifespan of solar cells in space

16:32 Data on the moon

20:15 Latency adds security

23:18 UX for clients

25:59 Cost

35:42 Lonsetar's Interstellar Mission

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