Combining Tampnet’s market-leading connectivity with
Armada’s edge compute to improve safety and efficiency
for offshore operators.
Houston / San Francisco, 25th February 2025
Tampnet, the leading provider of offshore high-capacity communications, and
Armada, the leader in real-world AI and edge compute solutions, today announced
a partnership to bring advanced AI-driven applications offshore. The goal is to
enable safer and more efficient operations to companies within the energy and
maritime sectors by integrating cutting-edge compute with the industry’s most
robust offshore connectivity.
Tampnet provides the fastest and most reliable connectivity globally to offshore
energy companies through its subsea fibre networks, private 4G and 5G networks,
and satellites. Energy companies increasingly require compute at the edge to run
AI-powered mission-critical applications.
“Armada’s full-stack compute platform is designed for exactly this challenge –
delivering AI-powered insights directly where they’re needed while minimizing
infrastructure requirements on platforms, rigs, and vessels,” said Elie Hanna, CEO
at Tampnet. “Our spoke-and-hub architecture will be a game-changer for energy
operations. With this partnership, Tampnet adds an AI powered platform to its
Network Architecture accelerating digitization for our customers.”
“Armada is built to bring real-world AI to the most challenging environments,” said
Dan Wright, Founder and CEO at Armada. “By combining our compute with
Tampnet’s industry-leading offshore network, we’re creating a powerful platform
that allows offshore energy companies to harness the full potential of their data –
whether that’s real-time AI on the rig or large-scale insights across multiple
platforms.”
Launching two key solutions
Tampnet and Armada will collaborate on new AI applications specifically designed
for offshore energy operations, launching two solutions from the start of their
partnership:
• OpsSafety: Real-time worker safety monitoring, including PPE adherence, danger
zone tracking, slip-trip-fall detection, and smoke and fire identification. This
ensures companies can proactively address hazards, improving worker protection
and minimizing downtime.
• OpsInsight: AI-powered analysis of unstructured sensor data to provide predictive
and prescriptive insights that help companies optimize performance, enhance
operations, and make smarter, data-driven decisions.
AI and compute for offshore operations
To achieve this, Tampnet and Armada have designed an innovative spoke-and-hub
architecture that balances on-rig processing with scalable on-shore compute:
• Armada Galleon (On-Shore Hub): Mobile, powerful AI and compute infrastructure
located on land, connected to multiple offshore rigs via private 5G or Tampnet-
operated fibre. This enables scalable compute for applications that require cross-
rig insights while reducing the hardware footprint on the platforms themselves.
• On-Rig Compute (Spokes): Smaller racks of Armada’s compute infrastructure will
be deployed on offshore rigs, allowing critical real-time AI applications to run
locally for safety monitoring, anomaly detection, and operational automation.
This architecture provides the best of both worlds:
• AI applications that require real-time, continuous processing (like safety
monitoring) run directly on the rig.
• More compute-intensive applications that analyze data across multiple rigs or
require additional power can be offloaded to the Galleon, while saving costs over
running the applications in the cloud.
For energy companies operating multiple offshore platforms, the ability to
synthesize data across offshore platforms and rigs provides a significant advantage
– offering deeper insights, predictive maintenance at scale, and better decision-
making.
For more information, please contact:
Frode Støldal
Vice President and
Head of Market Unit Americas
fs@tampnet.com
Taylor Robinette
Director of Growth
trobinette@armada.ai
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