Ryan Blackwood

Ryan is a mission-critical infrastructure specialist with deep experience delivering major data centre, water, and critical infrastructure projects across the United States, Canada, and Asia Pacific. Based in Toronto, he drives the growth of our data centre and mission critical sector nationally, bringing the firm’s global hyperscale expertise and integrated architecture-engineering capability to a market that is scaling quickly and demanding more technical sophistication. 

His work centres on the complex technical challenges fundamental to modern data centre development, including power delivery, water and utility infrastructure, cooling strategy, site resilience, and speed-to-market across hyperscale, colocation, and emerging sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives. Ryan guides the delivery of major capital programs while shaping how we engage with clients, partners, and the broader Canadian digital infrastructure ecosystem. 

Recognized for his energy and clarity, he helps teams move faster, think bigger, and stay focused on what matters. Whether advancing a hyperscale development program, navigating utility and regulatory complexity, or assembling the right mix of HDR capabilities to solve a multifaceted client problem, Ryan is fully hands-on and committed to driving outcomes.