Canadian companies racing to build sovereign, energy efficient data centres #Canada #ViveLeCanada🍁
Toronto-based ThinkOn owns and operates data centres around the world including 11 in Ottawa
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Toronto-based ThinkOn owns and operates data centres around the world including 11 in Ottawa
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canadian companies racing to make data centres more energy efficient | CBC News
While tech giants like Microsoft, Google and Amazon own the lion’s share of the world’s data centres, Canadian companies are working to get a foothold in the market.
www.cbc.ca
August 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Canadian companies racing to build sovereign, energy efficient data centres #Canada #ViveLeCanada🍁
Toronto-based ThinkOn owns and operates data centres around the world including 11 in Ottawa
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Toronto-based ThinkOn owns and operates data centres around the world including 11 in Ottawa
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Wowe. Sumthin ta thinkon.
November 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Wowe. Sumthin ta thinkon.
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To ensure data sovereignty for Canadian users, Mr.
Waldman said Gander is working with Canadian cloud-service provider ThinkOn to build a parallel network of servers entirely in Canada.
Therefore, users will have the option to toggle between having their posts appear on the larger,
To ensure data sovereignty for Canadian users, Mr.
Waldman said Gander is working with Canadian cloud-service provider ThinkOn to build a parallel network of servers entirely in Canada.
Therefore, users will have the option to toggle between having their posts appear on the larger,
June 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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To ensure data sovereignty for Canadian users, Mr.
Waldman said Gander is working with Canadian cloud-service provider ThinkOn to build a parallel network of servers entirely in Canada.
Therefore, users will have the option to toggle between having their posts appear on the larger,
To ensure data sovereignty for Canadian users, Mr.
Waldman said Gander is working with Canadian cloud-service provider ThinkOn to build a parallel network of servers entirely in Canada.
Therefore, users will have the option to toggle between having their posts appear on the larger,
"The cloud infrastructure can be... weaponized against us." — @vassb.bsky.social (@canadianshieldinstitute.ca).
Can Canada regain its digital sovereignty? Tonight at 7pm on TVO Today Live withCraig McLellan (ThinkOn), Mark Surman (@mozilla.org), and @spaikin.bsky.social
Can Canada regain its digital sovereignty? Tonight at 7pm on TVO Today Live withCraig McLellan (ThinkOn), Mark Surman (@mozilla.org), and @spaikin.bsky.social
March 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
"The cloud infrastructure can be... weaponized against us." — @vassb.bsky.social (@canadianshieldinstitute.ca).
Can Canada regain its digital sovereignty? Tonight at 7pm on TVO Today Live withCraig McLellan (ThinkOn), Mark Surman (@mozilla.org), and @spaikin.bsky.social
Can Canada regain its digital sovereignty? Tonight at 7pm on TVO Today Live withCraig McLellan (ThinkOn), Mark Surman (@mozilla.org), and @spaikin.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Hey Tod! We’d be happy to chat with you about your video.
To answer your question, the Gander platform will be entirely run on sovereign hosting from ThinkOn. This includes our databases, servers, user data, media, backups, and moderation tools.
To answer your question, the Gander platform will be entirely run on sovereign hosting from ThinkOn. This includes our databases, servers, user data, media, backups, and moderation tools.
June 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Hey Tod! We’d be happy to chat with you about your video.
To answer your question, the Gander platform will be entirely run on sovereign hosting from ThinkOn. This includes our databases, servers, user data, media, backups, and moderation tools.
To answer your question, the Gander platform will be entirely run on sovereign hosting from ThinkOn. This includes our databases, servers, user data, media, backups, and moderation tools.
"When you don't use Canadian suppliers, they do not get better," Craig McLellan (ThinkOn) on how Canada can regain its digital sovereignty.
Tonight at 7pm on TVO Today Live with @vassb.bsky.social (@canadianshieldinstitute.ca), Mark Surman (@mozilla.org), and @spaikin.bsky.social
Tonight at 7pm on TVO Today Live with @vassb.bsky.social (@canadianshieldinstitute.ca), Mark Surman (@mozilla.org), and @spaikin.bsky.social
March 13, 2026 at 5:59 PM
"When you don't use Canadian suppliers, they do not get better," Craig McLellan (ThinkOn) on how Canada can regain its digital sovereignty.
Tonight at 7pm on TVO Today Live with @vassb.bsky.social (@canadianshieldinstitute.ca), Mark Surman (@mozilla.org), and @spaikin.bsky.social
Tonight at 7pm on TVO Today Live with @vassb.bsky.social (@canadianshieldinstitute.ca), Mark Surman (@mozilla.org), and @spaikin.bsky.social
This is unexpected and a pleasant surprise - AVSS and Canadian cloud company ThinkOn have partnered up to host data from the Android Team Awareness Kit software on ThinkOn's servers. This is meant to make sure that Canadian organizations using ATAK keep their data in Canada.
ThinkOn and AVSS Give Canadian Public Safety and Defence a Sovereign Alternative to Hyperscaler-Hosted TAK
Press Release
www.truenorthstrategicreview.ca
August 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
This is unexpected and a pleasant surprise - AVSS and Canadian cloud company ThinkOn have partnered up to host data from the Android Team Awareness Kit software on ThinkOn's servers. This is meant to make sure that Canadian organizations using ATAK keep their data in Canada.
Halloween is approaching, so naturally there's a matching wallpaper for the #ThinkPad.
#ThinkOn #ThinkPadThursday #LenovoIN
#ThinkOn #ThinkPadThursday #LenovoIN
October 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Halloween is approaching, so naturally there's a matching wallpaper for the #ThinkPad.
#ThinkOn #ThinkPadThursday #LenovoIN
#ThinkOn #ThinkPadThursday #LenovoIN
Canadian Shield Institute Managing Director @vassb.bsky.social was on stage in Waterloo, talking with ThinkOn CEO Craig McLellan and Mozilla Foundation President Mark Surman.
Digital sovereignty is vital for Canada's future. Watch the whole discussion here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLxJ...
Digital sovereignty is vital for Canada's future. Watch the whole discussion here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLxJ...
March 5, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Canadian Shield Institute Managing Director @vassb.bsky.social was on stage in Waterloo, talking with ThinkOn CEO Craig McLellan and Mozilla Foundation President Mark Surman.
Digital sovereignty is vital for Canada's future. Watch the whole discussion here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLxJ...
Digital sovereignty is vital for Canada's future. Watch the whole discussion here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLxJ...
Hi Dr. Young-Leslie -- thanks for your patience with us -- we are indeed a (very) small team.
We’re currently running on open-source cloud infrastructure with OVH Cloud in Toronto. And exploring options with ThinkOn.
We’re currently running on open-source cloud infrastructure with OVH Cloud in Toronto. And exploring options with ThinkOn.
January 12, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Hi Dr. Young-Leslie -- thanks for your patience with us -- we are indeed a (very) small team.
We’re currently running on open-source cloud infrastructure with OVH Cloud in Toronto. And exploring options with ThinkOn.
We’re currently running on open-source cloud infrastructure with OVH Cloud in Toronto. And exploring options with ThinkOn.
Bringing extra cool to #ThinkPadThursday with this picture:
With the #ThinkPad X1 Series @Lenovo really took business machines to the next level and a coolness factor no one else can do - don't you think? #ThinkOn #LenovoIN
With the #ThinkPad X1 Series @Lenovo really took business machines to the next level and a coolness factor no one else can do - don't you think? #ThinkOn #LenovoIN
November 14, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Bringing extra cool to #ThinkPadThursday with this picture:
With the #ThinkPad X1 Series @Lenovo really took business machines to the next level and a coolness factor no one else can do - don't you think? #ThinkOn #LenovoIN
With the #ThinkPad X1 Series @Lenovo really took business machines to the next level and a coolness factor no one else can do - don't you think? #ThinkOn #LenovoIN
Can Canada regain digital sovereignty? At a TVO Today Live at CIGI, @spaikin.bsky.social asks @vassb.bsky.social (@canadianshieldinstitute.ca), Craig McLellan (ThinkOn), and Mark Surman (@mozilla.org) what Canada must do to secure its online independence.
Can Canada Regain Its Digital Sovereignty? | TVO Today Live
YouTube video by TVO Today
youtu.be
March 5, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Can Canada regain digital sovereignty? At a TVO Today Live at CIGI, @spaikin.bsky.social asks @vassb.bsky.social (@canadianshieldinstitute.ca), Craig McLellan (ThinkOn), and Mark Surman (@mozilla.org) what Canada must do to secure its online independence.
August 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Seems to me that ThinkOn now does the fed's data, maybe provinces too. For sure companies should use Canadian services too
December 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Seems to me that ThinkOn now does the fed's data, maybe provinces too. For sure companies should use Canadian services too
If you're unclear about why it's problematic that "Three U.S. tech giants hold 85% of Canadian cloud market" (www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...) watch this, with @vassb.bsky.social, @mozilla.org's Mark Surman and ThinkOn founder Craig McLellan : youtu.be/KLxJf1QbBQQ?...
Three U.S. tech giants hold 85% of Canadian cloud market, report warns
Ottawa expected to call for building sovereign AI infrastructure in its AI strategy this week
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 2, 2026 at 3:14 PM
If you're unclear about why it's problematic that "Three U.S. tech giants hold 85% of Canadian cloud market" (www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...) watch this, with @vassb.bsky.social, @mozilla.org's Mark Surman and ThinkOn founder Craig McLellan : youtu.be/KLxJf1QbBQQ?...
#ThinkPadThursday and a restart for me. New desk - standard office setup is my #ThinkPad X270 and added for comparison a X13. X Series for the win. So great to travel with and also a perfect on desk setup. #ThinkOn #LenovoIN
December 4, 2024 at 11:01 PM
#ThinkPadThursday and a restart for me. New desk - standard office setup is my #ThinkPad X270 and added for comparison a X13. X Series for the win. So great to travel with and also a perfect on desk setup. #ThinkOn #LenovoIN
Final #ThinkPadThursday in my personal life before something new starts so I chose a special #ThinkPad with the X301. This machine laid the foundation for something new - the X1 Line of machines. And is a halo product for @Lenovo #ThinkOn #LenovoIN
November 29, 2024 at 4:52 AM
Final #ThinkPadThursday in my personal life before something new starts so I chose a special #ThinkPad with the X301. This machine laid the foundation for something new - the X1 Line of machines. And is a halo product for @Lenovo #ThinkOn #LenovoIN
Another #ThinkPadThursday and a new episode of "Guess the #ThinkPad"
A classic one it is - You know which one it is?
#ThinkGuess #ThinkOn #LenovoIN
@Lenovo
@lenovode
A classic one it is - You know which one it is?
#ThinkGuess #ThinkOn #LenovoIN
@Lenovo
@lenovode
June 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Another #ThinkPadThursday and a new episode of "Guess the #ThinkPad"
A classic one it is - You know which one it is?
#ThinkGuess #ThinkOn #LenovoIN
@Lenovo
@lenovode
A classic one it is - You know which one it is?
#ThinkGuess #ThinkOn #LenovoIN
@Lenovo
@lenovode
they are - 11 being built now - Toronto-based data storage and cloud company, ThinkOn, is the only Canadian company that meets the federal government's security requirements to house federal servers and to upload federal data into a cloud the company owns and operates.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canadian companies racing to make data centres more energy efficient | CBC News
While tech giants like Microsoft, Google and Amazon own the lion’s share of the world’s data centres, Canadian companies are working to get a foothold in the market.
www.cbc.ca
August 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
they are - 11 being built now - Toronto-based data storage and cloud company, ThinkOn, is the only Canadian company that meets the federal government's security requirements to house federal servers and to upload federal data into a cloud the company owns and operates.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
15 years separate my latest #ThinkPad from my oldest.
And in 15 years, they've changed a lot.
#ThinkPadThursday #LenovoIN #ThinkOn
And in 15 years, they've changed a lot.
#ThinkPadThursday #LenovoIN #ThinkOn
March 20, 2025 at 6:14 AM
15 years separate my latest #ThinkPad from my oldest.
And in 15 years, they've changed a lot.
#ThinkPadThursday #LenovoIN #ThinkOn
And in 15 years, they've changed a lot.
#ThinkPadThursday #LenovoIN #ThinkOn
Here we go! Another #ThinkPadThursday "what's this #ThinkPad" is here for you 😎
Only hint: we stay on the ultra mobile way ;)
So which one is it?
#ThinkGuess #ThinkOn #LenovoIN
Only hint: we stay on the ultra mobile way ;)
So which one is it?
#ThinkGuess #ThinkOn #LenovoIN
April 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Here we go! Another #ThinkPadThursday "what's this #ThinkPad" is here for you 😎
Only hint: we stay on the ultra mobile way ;)
So which one is it?
#ThinkGuess #ThinkOn #LenovoIN
Only hint: we stay on the ultra mobile way ;)
So which one is it?
#ThinkGuess #ThinkOn #LenovoIN
What I like most about this #ThinkPad T14s Gen6 Snapdragon is its OLED screen.
It's just beautiful.
#ThinkPadThursday #LenovoIN #ThinkOn
It's just beautiful.
#ThinkPadThursday #LenovoIN #ThinkOn
February 19, 2026 at 12:38 PM
What I like most about this #ThinkPad T14s Gen6 Snapdragon is its OLED screen.
It's just beautiful.
#ThinkPadThursday #LenovoIN #ThinkOn
It's just beautiful.
#ThinkPadThursday #LenovoIN #ThinkOn