Armada Secures $131M for Relocatable AI Data Centers

San Francisco-based Armada secured $131 million in a strategic funding round. This Armada funding round included new strategic investors Pinegrove, Veriten, and Glade Brook. The company develops and manufactures mobile and relocatable data centers.

Armada will use the capital to scale Leviathan, its newest product. Leviathan is a megawatt-scale data center designed for training artificial intelligence models at the edge. This funding brings Armada's total venture capital raised to over $200 million.

Scaling Edge AI Infrastructure

Leviathan consists of two 40-foot modular data centers and a 20-foot power unit. Furthermore, the relocatable data center operates on local or stranded power sources. This includes natural gas and solar in remote areas lacking connectivity. It deploys in weeks, not years, without requiring construction or local permits.

Armada's Galleon products are currently deployed with the Navy. They process data from autonomous technologies and drones in hostile environments.

The company aims to bridge the digital divide globally. It also seeks to ensure the world utilizes American AI infrastructure. Competitors in the edge computing space include EdgeConneX and Vapor IO. This Armada funding supports expanding its family of ruggedized portable data centers.

Existing investors participated in the round. These include Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Shield Capital, 8090 Industries, Microsoft’s M12 venture fund, Overmatch, Silent Ventures, Felicis, and Marlinspike. The technology enables AI training at the source of data and power.