E-SCOOTER FOUNDER RAISES $5M FOR SPACE DATA CENTERS

Poon's shift from micro-mobility to orbital infrastructure marks an expansion into satellite-based computing. The funding will support development of space data centers designed to reduce latency and improve global data processing capabilities. Orbital's model leverages satellite networks to distribute computing resources beyond Earth-based infrastructure. The company plans to deploy thousands of data centers across orbital altitudes, offering alternative routes for data transmission and edge computing applications. Poon's background scaling physical hardware at Spin positions him to manage the manufacturing and deployment challenges of space infrastructure. His experience shipping quarter-million units demonstrates operational capacity required for orbital deployment at scale. The funding round reflects growing investor interest in space-based computing as terrestrial data centers face capacity constraints and latency limitations for certain applications.