Hypertec, Aptum and eStruxture
Joint launch of Canada’s first end-to-end sovereign, AI-ready government cloud in October 2025, with ThinkOn providing the sovereign services layer.
ThinkOn
Cloud & Digital InfrastructureToronto, ON
Toronto-headquartered channel-only Canadian cloud service provider offering private cloud, backup, disaster recovery and object storage, approved under Shared Services Canada frameworks.
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About
Company site: thinkon.comToronto-headquartered channel-only Canadian cloud service provider offering private cloud, backup, disaster recovery and object storage, approved under Shared Services Canada frameworks.
Selected to provide the infrastructure foundation for Canada’s Sovereign AI Platform under contract with Shared Services Canada, powering CANCHAT across 23 federal departments. thinkon.com
With Hypertec, Aptum and eStruxture, launched Canada’s first end-to-end sovereign, AI-ready government cloud in October 2025. thinkon.com
Describes itself as the only Canadian-owned cloud service provider approved under Shared Services Canada’s Framework Agreement for Secure Workloads. thinkon.com
Founded and headquartered in Etobicoke, Ontario, and named to Deloitte’s 2021 Technology Fast 50 after more than doubling staff and recurring revenue since 2019. ised-isde.canada.ca
Deployment & Services
Company site: thinkon.comHow ThinkOn says its technology can be deployed and delivered.
Private Cloud
Private cloud, virtual private cloud and dedicated bare metal under the Critical Compute line.
Data Protect
Backup with Commvault Cloud or Veeam, a hardened repository, Compass Data Protect for M365 and managed Entra ID backup.
Disaster Recovery
Disaster recovery delivered with Veeam or Zerto.
Object Storage
Object storage and the Amber DataVault archiving service.
Sovereign Desktop-as-a-Service
Desktop-as-a-Service for sensitive government data, launched April 2025.
Partnerships
Publicly announced partnerships.
VMware (Broadcom)
Canada’s first VMware Sovereign Cloud partner, and VMware Sovereign Cloud Partner of the Year 2025.
Commvault
Backup Services powered by Commvault Cloud, launched March 2026.
Government & Grants
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
Accelerated Growth Service (ISED), joined 2019, alongside NRC-IRAP, BDC, EDC, FedDev Ontario’s Jobs and Growth Fund and the Regional Relief and Recovery Fund; no amounts are published for any of these
Shared Services Canada contract providing the infrastructure foundation for Canada’s Sovereign AI Platform, on which CANCHAT runs; contract value not disclosed
2026thinkon.com
Recent News
- Jun 25, 2026Contract
ThinkOn selected to power Canada’s Sovereign AI Platform
Under contract with Shared Services Canada, ThinkOn provides the infrastructure foundation for Canada’s Sovereign AI Platform, on which CANCHAT runs for thousands of federal employees across 23 departments.
- Mar 11, 2026Product
ThinkOn launches Backup Services powered by Commvault Cloud
The service adds Commvault Cloud as a backup platform within ThinkOn’s Canadian sovereign cloud.
- Oct 1, 2025Partnership
ThinkOn, Hypertec, Aptum and eStruxture launch Canada’s first end-to-end sovereign AI-ready government cloud
ThinkOn provides the sovereign services layer, Hypertec the Canadian-assembled GPU servers, Aptum the CloudOps platform and eStruxture the Canadian-owned facilities.
People
Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.
Craig McLellan
Founder and CEO
Technology Focus
Company site: thinkon.comTerms the company uses about its own work.
Sovereign cloudData residencyPrivate cloudDRaaSObject storageRansomware resilienceVMware Sovereign Cloud
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