Dublin has become home to Armada's first European manufacturing operation. On November 11, 2026, Armada, the self-described Sovereign SI Infrastructure company, and Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) announced the start of production at Galleon Forge Two, a facility located within a Johnson Controls manufacturing site in Dublin, Ireland. It is the second Galleon Forge established at a Johnson Controls facility, following Galleon Forge One in Gilbert, Arizona.

Sovereign AI Manufacturing Starts in Ireland

The milestone was marked with the completion of the first Dublin-built Leviathan, a multi-megawatt-scale modular data center headed to Fossefall in Norway. According to the companies, Europe's first Leviathan was engineered, integrated, and tested entirely at Galleon Forge Two, which they describe as proof that sovereign AI infrastructure for Europe can now be built in Europe by a European workforce for customers in Europe and beyond.

Together, the two Galleon Forge sites expand Armada's manufacturing footprint and mark the start of continuous production of sovereign computing infrastructure on the continent. The companies are targeting at least 500 MW of capacity in 2027, including the first Leviathan destined for Fossefall in Norway.

The Leviathan Platform and Johnson Controls' Role

Leviathan combines Armada's sovereign computing infrastructure and software with Johnson Controls' thermal management technology and industrial-scale manufacturing capabilities.

The Johnson Controls thermal portfolio spans the end-to-end thermal chain, including coolant distribution units, chillers, and building controls, and supports high-density compute with zero-water cooling technologies designed to reduce energy use and noise.

Leviathan runs on the Armada Platform, which manages power, cooling, and compute across every unit and runs the latest open-source or proprietary models.

Customers own the infrastructure and control every layer, with no dependence on an external cloud. As part of the Armada Sovereign SI Grid, Leviathans run as one fleet, so critical workloads never depend on a single site.

"Austin Domenici, President, Global Data Center Solutions at Johnson Controls, framed the partnership around decades of manufacturing experience meeting a new scale of demand.

"We've been building modular infrastructure for nearly two decades. What's different today is the scale, density and speed AI demands," Domenici said. "With Armada, we're combining that experience with our thermal expertise and manufacturing scale to complete more of the complex integration work in the factory and bring compute online faster and more predictably."

Dan Wright, Co-founder and CEO of Armada, emphasized the pace of the sector. "The speed of the sovereign AI revolution requires a new approach to meet demand," Wright said.

"The Galleon Forge model keeps producing, and it's designed to keep expanding. We can now deliver to any nation or organization that needs advanced computing infrastructure manufactured within its own borders, owned and controlled on its own terms."

A Manufacturing Model Built to Expand

Galleon Forge Two occupies 90,000 square feet at the Johnson Controls manufacturing site in Dublin and is supported by approximately 700 Johnson Controls engineers, technicians, and other skilled workers, with additional roles across the European supply chain.

Its predecessor, Galleon Forge One at the Johnson Controls site in Gilbert, Arizona, is expected to begin continuous production in early 2027 across up to 400,000 square feet, supporting more than 500 jobs with additional roles across the domestic supply chain. Further manufacturing expansion is planned at a Johnson Controls site in Edmonton, Canada.

The Galleon Forge model is designed to be anchored by any nation or region that wants sovereign AI infrastructure built at home, with local jobs, a local supply chain, and capacity that stays under local control. Armada's Galleon Forge operations establish a repeatable manufacturing model that any nation or region can anchor within its own borders.

For European governments and enterprises, the companies say the implications go beyond capacity: the infrastructure supporting their AI no longer has to be imported or rented. It is manufactured in Europe, owned by customers, and operated on their terms.

Early Deployments in Norway and Australia

The first Dublin-built unit is bound for Fossefall, which has placed an initial order for five Leviathan modular data centers totaling more than 9 MW. Delivery of all five is scheduled by the first quarter of 2027, beginning with the unit completed at the Dublin launch. For Fossefall, finding partners in Europe was particularly important for its vision of sovereignty.

"Europe needs more advanced computing infrastructure, and the focus now needs to be on getting projects built," said Øyvind L. Vesterdal, CEO of Fossefall. "Working with Armada and Johnson Controls gives us a more standardized and modular approach to deployment. This can help shorten timelines and make projects easier to develop in close cooperation with local communities. With access to clean energy, political stability and a suitable climate, the Nordics are well positioned for large-scale AI infrastructure."

The second early deployment is in Australia, where WinDC plans to deploy 11 MW of modular data center capacity across renewable-energy sites, placing compute near wind, solar, and battery generation.

"Australia's energy transition depends on building AI infrastructure in the right place, where the renewable energy is, rather than waiting for a grid that can't scale fast enough to carry it," said Andrew Sjoquist, Founder and CEO of WinDC. "Leviathan lets us bring compute directly to clean power and scale it with the workload."

Sovereign Infrastructure as a Growing Market

The Dublin launch positions Armada and Johnson Controls across three continents, Europe, North America, and Australia, with manufacturing and deployment activity. The Arizona facility is ramping toward early 2027 production, the Canadian expansion in Edmonton is planned, and customer orders from Fossefall and WinDC provide the first wave of demand for the Leviathan product line.

Armada describes itself as the Sovereign SI Infrastructure company, with the Armada Sovereign SI Grid serving as a distributed network of factory-built infrastructure. With Galleon Forge Two now in continuous production, the company's stated proposition to governments and enterprises is that advanced computing infrastructure can be manufactured within their own borders, owned rather than rented, and operated without dependence on an external cloud.

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