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South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has announced a 627 billion-won (US$424 million) contract to supply power generation equipment to a U.S. energy infrastructure company. The deal, confirmed by the company on Wednesday, is its largest order for power generation equipment by value and its first in the United States.

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The announcement was reported by Yonhap News Agency, which detailed that the equipment, based on HD Hyundai's HiMSEN engine system with a total capacity of 684 megawatts, will be installed at a data center operated by Aperion Energy Group (AEG). The company highlighted the HiMSEN engine's high output, efficiency, fast start-up, and stable load response as features suited for data centers requiring uninterrupted 24-hour operations.

In a separate development, Yonhap reported on Sunday that HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has been awarded two research projects by the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research. These contracts mark the first time a South Korean company has secured projects from that agency, which oversees science and technology programs for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

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  • HD Hyundai Heavy Industries secured a 627 billion-won contract to supply power generation equipment to Aperion Energy Group, with the equipment to be installed at a data center in the U.S.
  • The contract is the company's largest order for power generation equipment by value and its first such deal in the U.S.
  • HD Hyundai Heavy Industries won two research projects from the U.S. Navy aimed at improving naval vessel performance using AI technology.
  • One project focuses on real-time survivability prediction for naval ships under volatile maritime conditions; the other aims to develop advanced manufacturing technologies to boost shipbuilding productivity.
  • HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is the first South Korean firm to secure projects from the Office of Naval Research.
A company official, quoted by Yonhap, said of the power equipment deal: "This contract will serve as an important foothold for our expansion into the U.S. data center market. We plan to pursue further opportunities in both the data center and power generation sectors."