Armada and Johnson Controls have started production at Galleon Forge Two in Dublin, Armada's first European manufacturing operation, the two companies announced on Wednesday, 11 November 2026.

The plant, inside a Johnson Controls facility in the Irish capital, is the second Galleon Forge established at a Johnson Controls site, following Galleon Forge One in Gilbert, Arizona. Together, the two sites mark the start of continuous production of sovereign computing infrastructure in Europe.

The companies marked the milestone with the completion of the first Dublin-built Leviathan, a multi-megawatt-scale modular data centre headed to Fossefall in Norway. Europe's first Leviathan was engineered, integrated and tested entirely at Galleon Forge Two.

Built in Europe, owned by customers

Leviathan combines Armada's sovereign computing infrastructure and software with Johnson Controls' thermal management technology and industrial-scale manufacturing. Customers own the infrastructure and control every layer, with no dependence on an external cloud, and the units run as one fleet, so critical workloads never depend on a single site.

"The speed of the sovereign AI revolution requires a new approach to meet demand," said Dan Wright, co-founder and chief executive of Armada. "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."

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

First orders for Norway and Australia

Fossefall has placed an initial order for five Leviathan modular data centres totalling more than 9 MW, beginning with the unit completed in Dublin, with delivery of all five scheduled by the first quarter of 2027. In Australia, WinDC plans to deploy 11 MW of modular data centre capacity across renewable-energy sites.

Armada and Johnson Controls are targeting at least 500 MW of capacity in 2027, including the first Leviathan destined for Fossefall in Norway. Further manufacturing expansion is planned at a Johnson Controls site in Edmonton, Canada.

"We've been building modular infrastructure for nearly two decades. What's different today is the scale, density and speed AI demands," said Austin Domenici, president of Global Data Center Solutions at Johnson Controls.