Pranav Hotkar
Dallas, United States / Seongnam, South Korea - April 27, 2026 - Mousterian Corporation and Samsung Heavy Industries have signed a strategic agreement to jointly develop floating data center projects, targeting growing global demand for artificial intelligence and hyperscale computing infrastructure.
The partnership, formalized through a memorandum of understanding, brings together Mousterian’s experience in floating and water-adjacent data center development with Samsung Heavy Industries’ large-scale maritime engineering and shipbuilding capabilities.
Under the agreement, Mousterian will lead project development, including site selection, customer engagement, and delivery, while Samsung Heavy Industries will provide engineering, fabrication, and construction of the floating infrastructure.
The companies plan to jointly develop a portfolio of floating data center projects across multiple global markets. These facilities are designed to be deployed on water, often near existing power generation assets, enabling faster access to energy resources and reducing the constraints associated with traditional land-based developments.
Floating data centers are emerging as an alternative model for digital infrastructure, particularly as demand for AI and high-performance computing accelerates. By locating facilities offshore or near water bodies, developers can address challenges such as land availability, power access, and cooling efficiency.
Executives from both companies emphasized that the collaboration aims to accelerate the delivery of large-scale compute capacity. The partners noted that floating data centers can significantly shorten development timelines by unlocking access to stranded or underutilized power sources that are difficult to connect to conventional data center sites.
The initiative also reflects a broader shift in the data center industry toward exploring alternative infrastructure models to meet surging demand. As hyperscale and AI workloads require increasing levels of power and cooling, floating solutions are gaining attention for their potential to offer scalable and flexible deployment options.
Samsung Heavy Industries described floating data centers as a new business opportunity that extends its shipbuilding expertise into the digital infrastructure sector, while Mousterian highlighted the partnership as a step toward delivering institutional-scale projects with reduced risk and faster execution.
The agreement builds on ongoing efforts by Samsung Heavy Industries to commercialize floating data center technology, including recent design approvals and partnerships aimed at advancing offshore data infrastructure.
With this collaboration, the companies aim to position themselves at the forefront of next-generation data center development, as the industry looks beyond traditional land-based models to support the rapid expansion of AI-driven digital infrastructure.
