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Armada has announced an agreement with Johnson Controls to open Galleon Forge One, expanding its US modular artificial intelligence infrastructure capabilities through new manufacturing capacity and strategic investment to meet growing customer demand across global industries.
Armada has announced plans to establish Galleon Forge One, a dedicated manufacturing facility in Arizona designed to accelerate the production of modular artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
The development follows a framework agreement with Johnson Controls and is expected to generate more than 500 jobs, alongside additional opportunities throughout the domestic supply chain.
Spanning up to 400,000 square feet, the facility is scheduled to begin continuous production in summer 2026. Initial manufacturing efforts will focus on Leviathan, Armada’s megawatt-scale modular data center platform developed to support high-density AI training and inference workloads, sovereign neo-cloud environments, and multi-tenant compute operations.
Commenting on the initiative, Dan Wright, co-Founder and CEO of Armada, emphasized the importance of manufacturing capacity in the future of AI infrastructure.
“The AI race will not be won by one-off projects. It will be won by the companies and countries that can manufacture, deploy, and continuously improve AI infrastructure, with speed, scale, and sovereignty. At Galleon Forge One, we will do what America does best: build the industrial base to win.”
Alongside the manufacturing announcement, Armada and Johnson Controls unveiled a Global Framework Agreement focused on modular data center systems.
Johnson Controls is also investing in Armada as part of the collaboration. The company brings expertise in advanced thermal management and mission-critical building systems, supported by a global presence that includes more than 40,000 field personnel across key regions.
According to Armada, this global reach will support the deployment of sovereign AI infrastructure in locations where customers require localized computing capabilities.
“Johnson Controls is working with Armada to rapidly deliver secure modular data centers at scale,” said Joakim Weidemanis, CEO of Johnson Controls.
“Together, we have already deployed units across the US and around the world, demonstrating the expertise and global reach required to support mission-critical environments. Johnson Controls’ differentiated technology, US-based manufacturing strength, and Armada’s edge computing expertise will deliver the thermal-critical environments that perform predictably, deploy quickly, and scale with confidence.”
Armada also announced the completion of its largest funding round to date, with its Series B financing co-led by Overmatch, BlackRock, and 8090 Industries.
The oversubscribed raise brings the company’s total funding to nearly half a billion dollars. New strategic investors participating in the round include BlackRock, Johnson Controls, NightDragon, Mitsui, and Singtel Innov8, alongside existing investors Overmatch, 8090 Industries, Felicis, Marlinspike, Shield Capital, Lux Capital, Founders Fund, Silent Ventures, Veriten, and Gladebrook.
The company says the investment will support continued expansion while increasing modular data center capacity for organizations seeking AI-powered operations in distributed environments.
Armada also reported strong commercial momentum. Between FY25 and FY26, customer bookings increased by 540 percent, while Q1 FY27 recorded a 2,000 percent increase in bookings compared to the same quarter of the previous year. The company noted significant interest in its Leviathan platform during this period.
DEMAND GROWS ACROSS INDUSTRIES
Armada highlighted several recent deployments that demonstrate growing demand for modular AI infrastructure.
In the defense sector, the company supported an allied defense organization by deploying a Triton system in six days, enabling rapid delivery of operational computing capability without relying on traditional data center construction timelines.
Meanwhile, Australian customer WinDC selected Armada to develop a network of portable AI factories powered by renewable energy that cannot be absorbed by the national grid. After initially deploying a Triton unit, the organization is scaling its sovereign AI infrastructure toward a Leviathan deployment exceeding 10MW.
Armada has also supported the U.S. Navy during a multinational maritime exercise, deploying edge computing capabilities aboard a communications-constrained vessel. Mission applications, including Minotaur, were operated on a Galleon system to support real-time decision-making in environments where centralized cloud infrastructure was unavailable or limited.
In the energy sector, Aker BP is conducting building and testing activities with the objective of deploying a Galleon system aboard the Deepsea Nordkapp on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The deployment is intended to support AI applications at the rig and advance the company’s ambitions for autonomous operations.
“At Aker BP, we are transforming how hydrocarbons are produced in the most challenging environments, and we know we cannot do it alone,” said Mads Rødsjø, VP, D&W Operations, Aker BP.
“Our vision is real-time data processing, AI-ready workflows, and autonomous operations at the edge. Partnering with Armada gives us the infrastructure to make that vision a reality and scale across our fleet.”
EXPANDING THE AI ECOSYSTEM
To support customer deployments, Armada continues to strengthen its ecosystem and Marketplace through partnerships and collaborations with Microsoft, NVIDIA, Palantir and Dell Technologies.
According to the company, these relationships help customers deploy AI infrastructure more rapidly, process workloads closer to where data is generated, and maintain control of sensitive data, models and operational systems.
With dedicated manufacturing capacity, new strategic investment and an expanding partner network, Armada is positioning itself to meet increasing demand for modular AI infrastructure in complex operating environments around the world.
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Lucy Pilgrim is an in-house writer for North America Outlook Magazine, where she is responsible for interviewing corporate executives and crafting original features for the magazine, corporate brochures, and the digital platform.
