For distributed processing using clustering of interdependent Internet of Things (IoT) devices, at a central device, a data source to be used for processing a workload is determined. A set is selected of devices operating within a threshold distance from the data source at a first time. A first subset of the set of devices is selected. Each device in the first subset satisfies a clustering condition. A first device in the subset is instructed to configure a lightweight application to participate in the cluster and process the workload. The processing of the workload is halted on a second device, where the first device has a processing dependency on the second device in processing the workload. A preserved current state of processing the workload is transferred from the first device to a third device. The processing of the workload is continued using the second device and the third device.