What Hypertec’s NVIDIA Partner of the Year Win Signals for AI in Canada

For the second consecutive year, Hypertec has been named NVIDIA Canadian Partner of the Year, a recognition that goes beyond one company’s momentum. It reflects something bigger happening in the market. Canada’s AI story is evolving from research leadership to infrastructure readiness. As organizations move from experimentation to deployment, the ability to build, host, and scale AI systems inside Canada is becoming a strategic advantage. In that context, Hypertec’s Solutions Partners division’s award signals that Canadian AI leadership is no longer defined only by ideas and talent, but increasingly by the infrastructure and industrial capacity needed to put AI into production.

From AI research to AI deployment

Canada’s global AI reputation has long been driven by research institutions such as Mila, the Vector Institute, and Amii. The challenge is increasingly operational: turning AI research into production systems that can support real business workloads, public-sector applications, and large-scale deployment.

Statistics Canada reported that 12.2% of Canadian businesses used AI to produce goods or deliver services in the second quarter of 2025, compared to 6.1% the year before . Adoption was highest in sectors such as finance, professional services, and information and cultural industries.

The economic stakes are significant. A 2025 study highlighted by the Vector Institute projected that AI could contribute $298 billion in cumulative real GDP growth to Canada by 2035.

Why AI Infrastructure Expertise Matters

“Scaling AI across Canadian organizations requires infrastructure that supports high performance and meets data sovereignty requirements. Through the NVIDIA Partner Network, partners like Hypertec bring the expertise to help enterprises confidently deploy AI.”

Craig Weinstein, Vice President, Americas Partner Organization, NVIDIA

Training and inference workloads place significant pressure on infrastructure, particularly around compute capacity, networking, storage, cooling, and power density. As AI systems move into production, infrastructure limitations directly affect deployment speed, operating costs, and system performance. In this context, infrastructure decisions become a central pillar of AI strategy.

“What we’re seeing across Canada is that scaling AI comes down to execution as much as technology. It requires close collaboration between partners, customers, and infrastructure providers to translate ambition into systems that perform in production. Our focus is on bringing those pieces together so organizations can deploy, scale, and innovate with confidence.”

Mike Marracino, President, Hypertec Solutions Partners

NVIDIA’s partner ecosystem includes manufacturers, infrastructure providers, and solution integrators responsible for deploying accelerated computing environments across industries. For enterprises, that expertise matters because AI deployment extends far beyond GPU procurement.

Why Canadian Infrastructure Matters

AI infrastructure is increasingly tied to national capability. As AI becomes more deeply integrated into economic activity, the countries building and operating the infrastructure behind these systems will capture more of the long-term value they create. The conversation is no longer limited to AI adoption alone, but to whether countries position themselves as net producers of AI innovation or remain dependent on external platforms and compute environments.

“Organizations are now in a position to extract real value from AI. Those that invest now will have a significant competitive advantage in their industries, both domestically and abroad. Nations that ensure their infrastructure can support domestic AI capacity will position their industries to succeed globally.”

Simon Ahdoot, CEO, Hypertec

In 2026, the federal government has advanced plans for large-scale sovereign AI data center projects designed to support Canadian AI workloads domestically. For enterprises and public-sector organizations, sovereignty affects where sensitive data is processed, how workloads are deployed, and who controls the infrastructure supporting AI systems.

How Hypertec is helping build AI infrastructure in Canada

Founded in 1984, Hypertec Group has more than four decades of experience in the information technology space, serving customers with the latest technology as its evolved through the years. The Solutions Partners division has excelled at delivering the technology product best suited to the customer’s needs, including the service and support that help turn a technical device into the tools that drive success.

Hypertec's recognition by NVIDIA reflects the increasing importance of the infrastructure required to support AI adoption at scale. As demand for AI continues to grow, so too does the need for compute capacity, deployment expertise, and domestic infrastructure that can bring these technologies into production. These capabilities are playing a growing role in national economic competitiveness and AI sovereignty. The award highlights Hypertec's role in helping organizations build that foundation.

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SOURCES

NVIDIA Blog: Partner Network Awards 2025

Statistics Canada: Analysis on Artificial Intelligence Use Among Businesses in Canada, Second Quarter of 2025

Vector Institute: New Study Reveals AI's 100B Economic Impact Across Canada with Ontario Leading The Charge

Government of Canada: Enabling Large-Scale Sovereign AI Data Centres

NVIDIA: Partner Network Overview