Armada, which builds modular data centres for AI deployment in remote and sensitive environments, has closed a heavily oversubscribed Series B co-led by Overmatch, BlackRock, and 8090 Industries, bringing total funding to nearly $500 million. New strategic investors include Johnson Controls, NightDragon, Mitsui, and Singtel Innov8, alongside existing backers Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Felicis.
The company simultaneously announced Galleon Forge One, a US manufacturing facility spanning up to 400,000 square feet and expected to create 500 jobs, with continuous production of its Leviathan megawatt-scale modular data centres beginning this summer. Johnson Controls is partnering under a global framework agreement, contributing thermal management expertise and 40,000 field personnel worldwide.
Customer bookings grew 540 percent from FY25 to FY26, with Q1 FY27 recording 2,000 percent growth year-on-year. Deployments include a defence organisation that went from infrastructure need to operational capability in six days, the US Navy running AI during a multinational maritime exercise, and Norwegian oil producer Aker BP testing autonomous rig operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
