Gouda, April 16, 2026 – ServerDirect has been awarded the Rising Star Benelux Award by NVIDIA during the annual EMEA Partner Day of the NVIDIA Partner Network. This award is presented to partners that help organizations implement AI faster and at scale, with proven real-world impact.

With this recognition, ServerDirect builds further on its previously achieved NVIDIA Elite Partner status, reinforcing its strategic direction in AI infrastructure.

Recognition for Speed and Execution in AI

The Rising Star Award is focused on partners that enable organizations to operationalize AI faster and deploy it at scale. The emphasis is on delivering tangible results, supported by NVIDIA AI and accelerated computing.

Over the past years, ServerDirect has positioned itself as a party that not only supplies AI infrastructure but also delivers it at a production level. From design and configuration to implementation and support, everything is tailored to the specific workload and performance requirements of the customer.

This award highlights the speed at which ServerDirect is evolving within the NVIDIA ecosystem and the impact it is making for customers in both enterprise and research environments.

Acceleration Through Dedicated Infrastructure

The growth of AI demands infrastructures that are designed from the ground up for performance, scalability, and continuity. ServerDirect builds these environments with full control over architecture, configuration, and integration.

Through direct collaboration with NVIDIA and deep expertise in GPU-based workloads, ServerDirect delivers environments that are ready for immediate production use. This accelerates time-to-deployment and improves performance predictability, even for intensive and data-heavy applications.

According to Chris Kerker, Channel Manager Benelux at NVIDIA, this recognition aligns closely with how ServerDirect operates:

With the Rising Star Award, we recognize partners that help organizations implement AI faster and more effectively. ServerDirect demonstrates how technical expertise and execution come together in solutions that truly deliver impact in AI-driven environments.

Fouad El Youssoufi, CEO of ServerDirect:

This award is a strong recognition of the direction we have taken in AI. We are making focused investments in infrastructure, expertise, and execution to enable AI at scale. Being recognized by NVIDIA confirms that we are making the right decisions and delivering real impact for our customers.

Recognition of Built Expertise and Accelerated Growth in AI

This award marks the next phase in ServerDirect’s development within the AI domain. With more than ten years of experience in high performance computing and AI infrastructure, a strong foundation has been established. In recent years, this has rapidly translated into large-scale AI implementations for customers.

The Rising Star Award recognizes this combination of experience and momentum. It confirms that ServerDirect is seen within the NVIDIA ecosystem as a partner that not only understands the technology but can also effectively translate it into working solutions in practice.

This recognition underscores both the accumulated expertise and the role ServerDirect plays today in accelerating AI adoption within enterprise and research environments.