SUBMERSION DATA CENTERS

0 ft — −100 — −200 — −300 ft

SUBMERSION DATA CENTERS, INC. · A DELAWARE C-CORP · PATENT PENDING

The ocean is the coolant.The platform is the power plant.

Patented submersible-barge deployment puts sealed AI data centers on the seabed — cooled for free, powered by repurposed Gulf of Mexico platforms.

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1.01–1.15

PUE · VS 1.55 LAND AVG

WATER USE · WUE = 0

6–18 mo

DEPLOYMENT · VS 2–5 YRS

$14.6B

SUBSEA DC MARKET BY 2035

Land has run out of room

Cooling eats 30–40% of onshore OPEX. Freshwater permits are being refused. Grid interconnects queue for years.

30–40%

of total data center OPEX is spent regulating heat — up to 55% of electricity consumed.

1.5B gal

of freshwater per year per 100MW. Operators face permit refusals across TX, AZ, and the Southeast.

5–7 years

average grid interconnect queue. Land near fiber hubs costs $1M–$10M per acre. Electricity costs skyrocketing.

One barge, five steps, no heavy-lift vessels

Submersion Data Centers is a turnkey EPIC company: we engineer, procure, install, and commission the entire system. We co-locate multiple subsea data centers on a submersible barge with a single connection to an existing offshore O&G platform for power generation & data transmission.

Platform selection

Near-shore platforms with existing power generation and gas pipeline access.

Plug & abandon

Industry-leading well P&A and decommissioning experience clears the site.

Power & fiber

Upgraded generation, medium-voltage umbilical, shore-to-platform fiber.

Deploy the barge

Ballast down, connect, commission — no heavy-lift vessels required.

Client operates

Keys handed over; no dive or heavy lift vessel required for maintenance, repair, or demob.

How it works

From tow-out to full operation in three steps — scroll to see the sequence.

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Step 1: submersible barge loaded with data center modules is towed to the platform

STEP 1 OF 3

Load & tow

A fixed O&G platform is fitted with power generators, a power umbilical, air compressor & hose, and a fiber optic line to shore. A submersible barge — fitted with ballast pumps, air vents, butterfly intake valves, and inclinometer sensors — is loaded with an array of subsea data centers and brought to the field via tugboat.

Step 2: mooring line and power umbilical connected between platform and barge

STEP 2 OF 3

Connect & commission

The platform-to-barge mooring line connects at the platform boat landing to the barge stanchion. The power umbilical and air hose are connected via the platform crane. All components are tested and commissioned.

Step 3: barge ballasted down to the seabed with mooring buoy at the surface

STEP 3 OF 3

Ballast down & operate

The submersible barge ballasts to the seabed; a tug-to-barge mooring buoy floats at the waterline. The system is ready to use. For maintenance, a tug returns, connects to the mooring buoy, and the barge ballasts back to the surface.

The economics compound

Co-locators / Hyperscalers cut power costs ~38% with zero water use; O&G platform operators convert idle liabilities into cash flow.

$620M

5-yr EPIC + P&A revenue

$58M

Year-5 EBITDA

$5–6M/yr

client OPEX savings per 24 MW

$27M+

10-yr NPV per platform operator

Built for every stakeholder in the chain

We bring six major segments of the value chain together to provide the most cost effective, lowest energy utilization, & most reliable data center offering.

END USERS

Hyperscalers, co-locators, REITs & enterprise IT

Cheap, reliable, secure gigabytes, racks, bandwidth, and capacity — deployed in months, not years.

PLATFORM OPERATORS

Oil & gas platform operators

Defer decommissioning obligations and turn a retiring asset into a new revenue stream.

GOVERNMENT

Regulators & government

Cheap, reliable, secure domestic energy and AI capacity — without new grid or water strain.

CAPITAL

Investors

First-mover position in a new infrastructure category at the intersection of AI, energy, and data centers.