Johnson Controls and Armada Begin AI Infrastructure Production at Dublin Galleon Forge Two

Johnson Controls and Armada have started production at Galleon Forge Two, a 90,000-square-foot manufacturing site inside a Johnson Controls facility in Dublin, Ireland, the companies said on November 11, 2026. Stock Titan reported the launch as Armada's first European manufacturing operation.

Inside the Dublin Galleon Forge Two Launch

Galleon Forge Two is the second Galleon Forge at a Johnson Controls site, following Galleon Forge One in Gilbert, Arizona. The Dublin site is supported by approximately 700 Johnson Controls engineers, technicians and other skilled workers, with additional roles across the European supply chain. The companies marked the start of continuous production with the completion of the first Dublin-built Leviathan, a multi-megawatt-scale modular data center headed to Fossefall in Norway.

Leviathan combines Armada's sovereign computing infrastructure and software with Johnson Controls' thermal management technology, including coolant distribution units, chillers and building controls. Johnson Controls describes itself as a supplier of thermal management and mission-critical building systems. Armada is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2022 that builds modular data centers at Galleon Forge One and Galleon Forge Two in partnership with Johnson Controls.

"The speed of the sovereign AI revolution requires a new approach to meet demand," said Dan Wright, Co-founder and CEO of Armada. "The Galleon Forge model keeps producing, and it's designed to keep expanding."

Austin Domenici, President of Global Data Center Solutions at Johnson Controls, said the partnership combines the company's thermal expertise and manufacturing scale to complete more integration work in the factory.

Johnson Controls' Record Backlog Before Dublin

Johnson Controls entered fiscal 2027 with commercial HVAC demand accelerating, as data-center cooling demand pushed its backlog to a record $23 billion, Achrnews reported on November 10, 2026. The company reported organic revenue up 12% in Q4, led by double-digit growth in the Americas and Asia-Pacific. The Motley Fool reported on November 3, 2026 that Johnson Controls posted full-year organic revenue growth of over 8% in its Q4 2026 earnings call, with backlog up 43% to a record $23 billion and $900 million in planned capital expenditures for fiscal 2027.

Liquid Cooling Demand Across the Sector

Asia Vital Components began shipping double-sided cold plates for AI servers with vertical power delivery and forecast that all GPU- and ASIC-based AI servers would adopt liquid cooling by the end of 2027, Crypto Briefing reported on November 11, 2026. Crusoe signed a deal with ProEnergy for 13 aeroderivative gas turbines adding 650 MW of on-site power to its data center projects, with units expected by summer 2027, Crypto Briefing reported on November 9, 2026. TechRadar reported on November 10, 2026 that SpaceX aims to add 10GW of data center capacity by 2027.

Fossefall Orders and 2027 Capacity Targets

Armada and Johnson Controls are targeting at least 500 MW of capacity in 2027, including the first Leviathan destined for Fossefall in Norway. Fossefall has placed an initial order for five Leviathan modular data centers totaling more than 9 MW, beginning with the unit completed in Dublin, with delivery of all five scheduled by the first quarter of 2027. Continuous production at Galleon Forge One in Gilbert is expected to begin in early 2027 across up to 400,000 square feet, supporting more than 500 jobs. Further manufacturing expansion is planned at a Johnson Controls site in Edmonton, Canada.