Johnson Controls and Armada have started production at Galleon Forge Two, a new manufacturing facility in Dublin, Ireland, designed to expand Europe's access to locally manufactured sovereign AI infrastructure.
Announced on November 11, 2026, the facility is Armada's first European manufacturing operation and the second Galleon Forge established at a Johnson Controls site. The launch also marks the beginning of continuous production of modular computing infrastructure in Europe.
The companies celebrated the milestone with the completion of the first Dublin-built Leviathan modular data centre, which is scheduled for delivery to Fossefall in Norway. The unit was engineered, integrated and tested at the Dublin facility.
Galleon Forge Two spans 90,000 square feet at a Johnson Controls manufacturing site in Dublin and is supported by approximately 700 engineers, technicians and other skilled workers.
The facility builds on the Galleon Forge One operation in Gilbert, Arizona. Continuous production at the Arizona location is expected to begin in early 2027, with plans to use up to 400,000 square feet of manufacturing space and support more than 500 jobs.
Further manufacturing expansion is also planned at a Johnson Controls facility in Edmonton, Canada.
The companies are targeting at least 500 MW of production capacity in 2027 across their manufacturing operations.
The Leviathan platform combines Armada's sovereign computing infrastructure and software with Johnson Controls' thermal management technology and industrial manufacturing capabilities.
Johnson Controls contributes technologies across the thermal management chain, including coolant distribution units, chillers and building controls. Its solutions support high-density computing environments through zero-water cooling technologies designed to reduce energy consumption and operating noise.
Armada's platform manages power, cooling and computing across modular data centres. Customers retain ownership and control of their infrastructure, while multiple Leviathan units can operate together through the Armada Sovereign SI Grid.
The first Dublin-built Leviathan is part of Fossefall's initial order for five modular data centres with a combined capacity exceeding 9 MW. Delivery of all five units is scheduled for the first quarter of 2027.
In Australia, WinDC plans to deploy 11 MW of modular data centre capacity across renewable energy sites, positioning computing infrastructure closer to wind, solar and battery power generation.
These deployments demonstrate how modular data centre systems can support growing AI computing requirements while allowing infrastructure to be located closer to available energy resources.
The launch of Galleon Forge Two expands the manufacturing capacity available for modular AI infrastructure and strengthens Europe's ability to develop computing systems within its own supply chains. The partnership also combines industrial manufacturing, thermal management and computing technologies to address rising demand for AI data centre capacity.
Source: Johnson Controls.
