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Sep 2024Wired reported that NetworkOcean's proposed underwater data-center test in San Francisco Bay drew regulatory scrutiny, with questions raised about permits and environmental impact.
SourceWe build and operate underwater data centers.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
NetworkOcean is a San Francisco-based AI infrastructure startup building floating and underwater ocean data centers that use seawater cooling to lower power usage, eliminate freshwater consumption, and provide cheaper reserved GPU compute.
Primary product
Ocean-based data centers and reserved GPU compute (H100 capacity)
Founded
2023
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Data center infrastructure services
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
cloud computing services
GPU compute reservations
data center infrastructure services
colocation
Funding
People & investors
Work & culture
Builder-heavy and hardware-infrastructure focused, with a mission oriented around sustainable AI compute and ocean-based engineering.
Compensation
No public salary bands or compensation package details were found in the sourced pages; public hiring materials focus on technical/founding roles.
Product & market
Pricing
Reserved GPU compute and infrastructure services; public launch pricing listed H100 reservations at up to $2.10 per GPU per hour with a 1-week minimum.
Differentiators
- —Uses seawater cooling to reduce power usage and eliminate freshwater consumption
- —Builds floating and underwater data center form factors instead of conventional on-land facilities
- —Claims lower build and operating costs than traditional data centers
- —Claims low latency to San Francisco and other coastal markets
- —Claims a lower hardware failure rate than traditional centers
- —Can co-locate with offshore power sources
Technology
NVIDIA H100 GPUs
seawater cooling
floating data center barges
underwater data center capsules
high-density GPU racks
low-latency networking
virtual machines
networking
storage
Customers
AI/ML teams needing GPU compute
customers reserving H100 GPUs
colocation and build-out partners
Competitors
Equinix
DataBank
CtrlS
Subsea Cloud
Microsoft Project Natick
Scale & contact
Estimated monthly visits
1.7K
Signals & risks
Other
May 2026Data Center Dynamics reported that NetworkOcean's planned San Francisco Bay underwater test could face regulatory issues and potential fines if carried out without permits.
SourceLatest news
Data Center Dynamics · May 2026
Reported that NetworkOcean intended to test a 500kW underwater capsule in San Francisco Bay and noted possible regulatory issues and fines.
Fondo · Feb 2026
Summarized NetworkOcean's launch, its GPU reservation offering, and its claims around lower power usage, zero freshwater consumption, and faster deployment.
Frinwal · Sep 2024
Covered the company's early San Francisco Bay test plans, the lack of apparent permits at the time, and broader concerns about the project's environmental impact.
WIRED · Sep 2024
Reported on NetworkOcean's underwater data-center plans, the regulators who raised questions, and concerns about permits and environmental impact.
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