Japanese shipping line Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kinetics, a subsidiary of Turkish floating power generation company Karpowership, to build and power a 20 to 73-megawatt floating data center. According to MOL, this pilot project will use a 120-meter-long ship with a gross tonnage of 9,731 tons. Power will primarily be delivered via a Karpowership vessel using various fuels like Liquified Natural Gas. It can also connect to other land and sea sources, like connecting to offshore windmills or onshore solar farms.
“This MOU represents an important step forward in leveraging the MOL Group’s assets and extensive expertise in ship operations to rapidly build digital infrastructure while minimizing environmental impact,” said MOL Managing Executive Officer Tomoaki Ichida. Kinetic CEO Mehmet Katmer also added, “This project represents a significant step toward our vision at Kinetics: delivering innovative, efficient, and sustainable infrastructure solutions that meet the energy needs of today and tomorrow. By pairing mobile power generation with floating data infrastructure, we are addressing critical market bottlenecks while enabling faster, cleaner, and more flexible digital capacity expansion.”
