Four companies have launched Canada’s first end-to-end sovereign AI-ready government cloud in a move described as major leap forward for critical data protection.

ThinkOn, Hypertec Group, Aptum, and eStruxture Data Centers have partnered to deliver a fully Canadian-controlled solution that meets the Government of Canada’s requirements for data residency, operational sovereignty, and digital sovereignty.

Data sovereignty is a major concern for the Canadian tech sector, whose leaders are wary of information getting into the hands of rogue foreign players and being used for illicit purposes.

“For too long, Canadian government data in foreign-owned clouds has been subject to laws written outside our borders,” said Craig McLellan, CEO of ThinkOn. “This initiative restores both data and operational sovereignty, ensuring the Government of Canada can run its most critical workloads under its own control.

“By keeping sovereignty at the core, we also increase the value retained in our national digital value chain. The new platform ensures critical workloads can run entirely under Canadian jurisdiction while reinforcing the domestic digital value chain at a time when AI and data protection are national priorities.”

The partnership combines four distinct capabilities. ThinkOn will provide the sovereign services layer through its Protected B-ready infrastructure and virtual-machines software expertise. Hypertec will contribute Canadian-assembled, GPU-enabled servers designed for AI and high-performance computing workloads. (A GPU is a graphics processing unit.)

“Hypertec’s role as Canada’s only NVIDIA [original equiipment manufacturer] means we can deliver the compute power required for next-generation AI services right here in Canada,” said Simon Ahdoot, CEO of Hypertec. “Our locally assembled systems ensure operational sovereignty at the hardware level, and our sovereign-first heritage keeps more value in Canada’s digital value chain rather than flowing offshore.”

Aptum will add its CloudOps software platform for orchestration, governance, and cloud-based financial operations, which are known as FinOps, helping organizations manage and repatriate workloads securely.

“Our mission is to help organizations own their destiny in the cloud by ensuring they are never locked in,” said Marc Paré, vice-president of product at Aptum. “By combining orchestration, governance, and FinOps, we give public institutions and their technology partners the flexibility to innovate while keeping their services secure, cost-effective, AI-ready, and firmly under Canadian control.”

Meanwhile, eStruxture will supply the national network of secure, Canadian-owned data centres that anchor the entire system.

“As a Canadian-owned and operated data-centre platform, we ensure sensitive workloads remain within Canadian jurisdiction, supported by resilient infrastructure and scalable interconnection,” said Todd Coleman, eStruxture’s president and CEO. “This collaboration underscores our shared commitment to strengthening Canada’s digital sovereignty.”

Together, these components form a sovereign cloud environment that integrates Canadian hardware, infrastructure, facilities, and software into a single, AI-optimized framework, according to eStruxture. The initiative directly supports the federal government’s Sovereign AI Compute Strategy by ensuring sovereignty across every operational layer while keeping more of the country’s digital value creation within its borders.

Pictured: An eStruxture building in Montreal.

Photo: eStruxture

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