Mexico City, September 18, 2025 – KIO Data Centers, a leader in digital infrastructure in Mexico and Latin America, announced a strategic alliance with Lonestar Data Holdings, a pioneer in data storage in space. This collaboration creates an unprecedented hybrid ecosystem, in which KIO's ground-based facilities will function as "digital consulates" securely connected to Lonestar's "digital embassies" in space. This initiative marks a historic milestone in information security and sovereignty, with KIO serving as critical ground-based infrastructure to protect humanity's most valuable data beyond the boundaries of the planet.
“This alliance with Lonestar is much more than a technology agreement: it consolidates KIO DC as the organization that sets the pace of global innovation. Our data centers will be the bridge between Earth and space, affirming the region as a player in a new digital era. Our mission has always been to protect our clients' most valuable information, and today we take that promise to a cosmic dimension, reaffirming our commitment to security, sustainability, and data sovereignty,” stated Octavio Camarena, CEO of KIO Data Centers.
With this project, KIO DC becomes the first company in Latin America to actively support data storage in space, reinforcing its role as a leader in the new digital era.
“We chose KIO DC for its world-class, resilient, secure, and sustainable infrastructure. Their high standards of availability and operation with renewable energy, along with their leadership in the Latin American digital ecosystem, make them the ideal partner to realize our vision: protecting humanity's most valuable data beyond the limits of Earth,” said Chris Stott, CEO of Lonestar Data Holdings.
The project responds to an undeniable reality: more than 402 quintillion bytes of information are generated every day, and this volume doubles every six weeks. Nearly 63% of this data is sensitive and regulated, such as financial, medical, or government data, making secure and sustainable solutions essential. This partnership offers a unique, off-planet solution. Storing data in space provides a new level of security, protecting it from real-time cyberattacks, natural disasters, and even physical surveillance. Furthermore, this approach is sustainable: space offers unlimited solar energy, and the vacuum acts as a natural cooling system.
Project Phases: Roadmap to the New Digital Frontier
- Stage 1: Cislunar Orbit. The first step is to establish a ground-based antenna to connect with a satellite in lunar orbit, enabling continuous and secure data transmission to space storage.
- Stage 2: Construction of facilities in lava tubes or natural craters on the lunar surface, leveraging their geology for greater protection and resilience of information.
Lonestar has validated this vision with successful tests on the International Space Station (2021–2022) and with the first commercial data center on the lunar surface on the Freedom mission (2025). Capacity will grow from 15 PB (petabytes) in 2027 to 400 PB (petabytes) in 2032, with plans to expand to exabytes and yottabytes on the Moon with support from SpaceX Starships.
With Lonestar, KIO's mission to protect its customers' information now expands to a cosmic dimension, reaffirming its commitment to innovation, security, and sustainability. This alliance reflects KIO's purpose of disrupting human boundaries through technology, ushering in a new era in protecting humanity's digital legacy.
About KIO
KIO is the leading digital infrastructure provider in Latin America. With a presence in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic, it offers a neutral interconnection ecosystem and mission-critical services that include colocation and interconnection solutions with major global clouds. With over 20 years of experience, it operates under the highest international standards of security, availability, and sustainability, with over 90% of its energy coming from renewable sources.
About Lonestar Data Holdings
Lonestar Data Holdings is dedicated to building data centers in space to protect the world's most critical information through an independent, space-based network that is secure, sovereign, and globally accessible. Founded by Chris Stott, its mission is to protect and preserve humanity's most valuable information through infrastructure located in cislunar space and, eventually, on the surface of the Moon. Lonestar has already conducted successful tests on the International Space Station and on two missions that flew over the Moon.
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