First Dublin-Built Leviathan Rolls Off the Line as Armada and Johnson Controls Launch Galleon Forge Two in Ireland

On November 11, 2026, Armada and Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) announced that production had begun at Galleon Forge Two, a manufacturing operation set up inside a Johnson Controls facility in Dublin, Ireland.

First European Leviathan completed at the Dublin launch

The announcement coincided with the completion of the first Leviathan modular data center built at the site, a multi-megawatt-scale unit destined for Fossefall in Norway. According to the companies, this is the first Leviathan engineered, integrated, and tested entirely in Europe, built by a European workforce for customers in Europe and beyond. Galleon Forge Two is the second such facility Armada has established at a Johnson Controls site, after Galleon Forge One in Gilbert, Arizona.

Together, the two sites mark the start of continuous production of sovereign computing infrastructure on the European continent, with a target of at least 500 MW of capacity in 2027.

How the partnership works

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

The Johnson Controls thermal portfolio covers the full thermal chain, coolant distribution units, chillers, and building controls, and supports high-density compute with zero-water cooling technologies intended to cut energy use and noise. Every Leviathan runs on the Armada Platform, which manages power, cooling, and compute across each unit and supports the latest open-source or proprietary models.

Customers own the infrastructure outright and control every layer, with no reliance on an external cloud. Under the Armada Sovereign SI Grid, Leviathans operate as one fleet so that critical workloads are never dependent on a single site. Austin Domenici, President, Global Data Center Solutions at Johnson Controls, pointed to the company's manufacturing track record.

"We've been building modular infrastructure for nearly two decades. What's different today is the scale, density, and speed AI demands," Domenici said, adding that the combination with Armada allows more complex integration work to be completed in the factory, bringing compute online faster and more predictably. Armada co-founder and CEO Dan Wright framed the launch around demand.

"The speed of the sovereign AI revolution requires a new approach to meet demand," he 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."

Dublin's footprint and the wider manufacturing plan

Galleon Forge has two spans of 90,000 square feet within the Dublin site and is supported by roughly 700 Johnson Controls engineers, technicians, and other skilled workers, with additional roles across the European supply chain. In the United States, Galleon Forge One in Gilbert, Arizona is expected to reach continuous production in early 2027 across up to 400,000 square feet, supporting more than 500 jobs plus further supply chain roles. An additional manufacturing expansion is planned at a Johnson Controls site in Edmonton, Canada.

The Galleon Forge model is intended to be repeatable and anchorable by any nation or region seeking sovereign AI infrastructure built at home, with local jobs, a local supply chain, and capacity under local control.

For European governments and enterprises, Armada and Johnson Controls argue the significance extends beyond raw capacity: AI infrastructure no longer needs to be imported or rented, but can instead be manufactured in Europe, owned by customers, and operated on their terms.

Where the first units are headed

Fossefall has placed an initial order for five Leviathan modular data centers totaling more than 9 MW. All five are scheduled for delivery by the first quarter of 2027, starting with the unit completed at the Dublin launch.

Fossefall CEO Øyvind L. Vesterdal said European partners were particularly important to the company's sovereignty vision, noting that a standardized, modular approach can shorten timelines and ease development alongside local communities. He also argued that the Nordics are well positioned for large-scale AI infrastructure given access to clean energy, political stability, and a suitable climate.

The other early deployment is in Australia, where WinDC plans to deploy 11 MW of modular data center capacity across renewable-energy sites, placing compute close to 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 WinDC founder and CEO Andrew Sjoquist. "Leviathan lets us bring compute directly to clean power and scale it with the workload."

A market taking shape on three continents

The Dublin launch puts Armada and Johnson Controls active across Europe, North America, and Australia in both manufacturing and deployment. The Arizona facility is ramping toward early 2027 production, the Edmonton expansion in Canada is planned, and the Fossefall and WinDC orders form the first wave of demand for the Leviathan line.

Armada, which describes itself as the Sovereign SI Infrastructure company, positions the Armada Sovereign SI Grid as a distributed network of factory-built infrastructure. With Galleon Forge Two now in continuous production, the company's stated pitch 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.