Optimal Transit Unveils Second Configuration of the Kraaken™ Data Center: A Ship That Can Power 32,000 Homes, Produce Clean Water for 150,000 People, and Host 60 MW of AI Compute – With No Fuel and No Emissions
Optimal Transit, the maritime technology partnership of InMar Technologies and OptiFuel Systems, today announced the Blue Economy VITAL 100 MW Kraaken™ – a second configuration of its Kraaken™ platform that redirects a portion of the vessel's total power capacity away from data center operations and toward direct utility service: baseload electricity and fresh water, exported continuously to shore.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260811774651/en/ The same hull that launched as an AI data center platform reveals a second identity: a deployable offshore utility that can restore power and water to disaster-struck coastlines in three years – a timeline that would have changed the story in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and Gaza.
The announcement builds on Optimal Transit’s July 7 unveiling of the Kraaken™ as a self-powered maritime AI data center, demonstrating how the same platform can address a broader range of critical infrastructure needs. The VITAL 100 MW configuration retains the same proven small waterplane area twin hull (SWATH) architecture – with its exceptional stability and flexible mooring system – as well as the patented Digital Ocean Thermal (DOT) self-powering engine and commercial off-the-shelf components with long operating histories in demanding industrial and maritime environments. What changes is how the vessel’s output is allocated: a greater share is directed toward delivering continuous baseload electricity and fresh water to shore, while substantial capacity remains available for secure AI and data center operations.
