Mousterian Corporation and Samsung Heavy Industries announced the signing of an engineering contract for their first moored floating data center deployment in the United States on August 3, 2026. Samsung Heavy Industries unveiled its floating data center concept at the Posidonia 2026 exhibition in June, positioning floating data centers as an alternative where sites, power, and water are constrained. That prior operational experience gives the partnership a track record that many competing floating data center concepts lack. A broader trend in data center infrastructureSamsung joins a growing list of companies exploring floating data centers as demand for AI infrastructure intensifies. Lines partnered with Kinetics in 2025 to develop what the companies described as the world’s first integrated floating data center platform.