HD Hyundai is developing core technologies for ‘data centers on the sea.’ HD Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, the intermediate holding company of HD Hyundai’s shipbuilding division, announced on the 8th that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with ‘Schneider Electric,’ a data center infrastructure solution company headquartered in France, for the joint development of ‘Floating Data Center (FDC)’ infrastructure technology. On the 7th, HD Hyundai in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do The signing ceremony held at the Global R&D Center was attended by key officials including Kim Hyeong-kwan, CEO of HD Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, and Kwon Ji-woong, CEO of Schneider Electric Korea. FDC, also known as an ocean data center, operates servers by floating structures on the sea. It is considered the most ideal next-generation data center model as it can solve the shortcomings of existing onshore data centers, such as difficulty in securing land and enormous server cooling costs. It is said that delivery time can be significantly shortened by applying the shipyard's standardized process. Blocks low-frequency vibrations from waves and salt and humidity, marine ecosystem