Tampnet and Armada to Bring Real-World AI and Advanced Compute to Offshore Energy

25 February 2025

(Image credit: Tampnet)

Tampnet, a leading provider of offshore high-capacity communications, and Armada, a leader in real-world AI and edge compute solutions, have announced a partnership to bring advanced AI-driven applications offshore. The goal is to enable safer and more efficient operations for 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 fiber 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.”

Elie Hanna, CEO at Tampnet. (Image credit: Tampnet)

“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 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 onshore 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 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 provide a significant advantage—offering deeper insights, predictive maintenance at scale, and better decision-making.