ABS and Samsung Heavy Industries Advance 50 MW and 200 MW Floating Data Center Designs

ABS and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have announced two milestones advancing floating data center development, part of a series of innovative agreements following the opening of the Korea-U.S. Shipbuilding Partnership Center in Washington, D.C.

The first milestone is a design approval agreement under which ABS will review SHI’s 50-megawatt (MW) floating data center against applicable class rules and IMO regulations, building on an approval in principle (AIP) of the design granted earlier this year. The second milestone is AIP for SHI’s 200 MW floating data center.

“Interest in floating data centers is growing as demand for data infrastructure outpaces what land-based