Armada starts manufacturing sovereign AI data centers in Dublin – Unite.AI

Armada announced on November 10, 2026 that continuous manufacturing had begun at Galleon Forge Two, its 90,000-square-foot manufacturing operation within a Johnson Controls facility in Dublin, and that the first Leviathan modular data center built in Dublin had been completed for Fossefall in Norway.

The site is Armada’s first European manufacturing facility and the second Galleon Forge established with Johnson Controls, following Galleon Forge One in Gilbert, Arizona. Armada described the finished system as Europe’s first Leviathan, designed, integrated and tested entirely at the Dublin site at a multi-megawatt scale.

Thermal systems and factory integration

Leviathan combines Armada’s computing infrastructure and software with Johnson Controls’ thermal management technology and industrial manufacturing capabilities. Johnson Controls said its thermal portfolio covers refrigerant distribution units, chillers and building controls, including zero-water cooling technologies designed to reduce energy consumption and noise in high-density computing environments.

Austin Domenici, president of Global Data Center Solutions at Johnson Controls, said the company has been building modular infrastructure for nearly two decades, but that AI now requires different size, density and speed. “With Armada, we are combining this experience with our thermal expertise and manufacturing scale to complete more of the complex integration work in the factory and bring processing online more quickly and predictably.”

Armada said its platform manages the power, cooling and processing on each Leviathan and runs open source or proprietary models. Customers own the infrastructure and control every layer without depending on an external cloud. Multiple units can also operate as a single fleet across Armada’s Sovereign SI Grid, reducing workloads’ reliance on a single site.

Initial orders in Norway and Australia

Fossefall’s initial order covers five Leviathan systems totaling more than 9 megawatts (MW), starting with the completed Dublin unit. All five are expected to be delivered by the first quarter of 2027. Fossefall CEO Øyvind L. Vesterdal said the standardized, modular approach could shorten implementation times and make it easier to develop projects with local communities, citing clean energy, political stability and a suitable climate as Nordic advantages.

An anticipated second deployment is planned in Australia, where WinDC plans to deploy 11 MW of modular data center capacity at renewable energy sites. The plan places computing close to wind, solar and battery power generation. Andrew Sjoquist, founder and CEO of WinDC, said this approach brings compute directly to clean energy instead of waiting for network capacity that can’t scale quickly enough, while allowing infrastructure to expand with the workload.

Production expansion objectives for 2027

Around 700 Johnson Controls engineers, technicians and other skilled workers support the Dublin operation, with additional roles across the European supply chain.

The companies said they are targeting at least 500 MW of capacity in 2027, a forward-looking goal rather than installed capacity. At Galleon Forge One in Gilbert, continuous manufacturing is expected to begin in early 2027 across up to 400,000 square feet and support more than 500 jobs, with additional roles across the national supply chain. Further expansion is planned at the Johnson Controls facility in Edmonton, Canada.

Dublin now has continuous production, while the broader operation in Arizona and the expansion of Edmonton remain cornerstones for the future. The completed Fossefall unit provides an initial demonstration of the results; the remaining customer deliveries and other sites will test whether Armada and Johnson Controls can turn that production into a repeatable production network at the target scale.