Ciara Technologies, a division of the Hypertec Group and a Canadian global leader in sustainable AI infrastructure and advanced data-center technology, announced today that it has been officially designated as the first Canadian NVIDIA OEM Partner manufacturing systems in Canada.
This milestone places Canada among a select group of nations with domestic manufacturing and integration capabilities for NVIDIA Certified Systems, significantly advancing the country's Sovereign AI Strategy and strengthening North American technological resilience.
A Turning Point for Canada's AI Ecosystem
"AI infrastructure is now strategic infrastructure," said Simon Ahdoot, CEO of Hypertec Group. "This breakthrough marks a turning point for Canada. We are building the infrastructure that will define its future. As NVIDIA's first Canadian OEM partner, we are strengthening Canada's ability to innovate, scale, and compete globally with secure, high-performance systems built at home."
The initiative is expected to unlock billions of dollars in new economic activity, expand Canadian industrial capacity, and drive the creation of high-skilled jobs across engineering, research, advanced manufacturing, and AI infrastructure.
Through Ciara, Hypertec will manufacture Canadian-built, NVIDIA-Certified AI servers, giving enterprises, researchers, and public institutions a secure, domestic infrastructure option . The initiative directly supports Canada's goals around data sovereignty, trusted AI, secure supply chains, and national compute capacity.
An Integrated Platform for AI Infrastructure at Scale
This milestone reinforces Hypertec's position as one of the most integrated AI infrastructure platforms globally. Together with partners, Hypertec delivers end-to-end capabilities, from hardware manufacturing to large-scale AI factory construction and deployment:
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