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5C was established in 2025 following the merger of 5C Group and Hypertec Cloud, combining their expertise in digital infrastructure and cloud solutions to build a data center platform optimized for artificial intelligence. The company secured US$835M in funding (equity led by Brookfield Asset Management and debt structured by Deutsche Bank) to accelerate the large-scale deployment of AI infrastructure in North America and internationally. <\/p>\n

Project<\/h2>\n

Following the merger, the organization needed to quickly align its teams, processes, and priorities to capture growth opportunities in a rapidly evolving sector.<\/p>\n

Melka supported the management team in achieving the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. A strategic diagnostic<\/strong> to clarify positioning and key capabilities to strengthen<\/li>\n
  2. A strategic offsite<\/strong> to align a newly formed and growing leadership team around common priorities<\/li>\n
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    Results<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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    Strategic Vision<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n\n
    \n Clear, ambitious, and shared among the management team<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    835 M$ USD in funding<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n\n
    \n Accelerated integration of teams and priorities aligned post-merger to effectively deploy funding<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    More than 2GW of data center capacity<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n\n
    \n Organization structured to deliver their capacity across three continents in the coming years<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Solid Foundations<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n\n
    \n To support rapid growth and capture strong demand for AI infrastructure<\/div>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n
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    Jonathan Ahdoot, CEO, 5C <\/p>\n<\/figcaption>

    Melka\u2019s team is dynamic, knowledgeable, and exceptionally effective at keeping executive stakeholders aligned and focused throughout the process. Their structured approach and ability to facilitate productive discussions resulted in an efficient process and meaningful results delivered on schedule.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div> <\/section>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4142,"template":"","case-studies-category":[28],"case-studies-service":[26],"class_list":["post-4140","case-studies","type-case-studies","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","case-studies-category-technology-ai","case-studies-service-strategic-planning"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melkaconseil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-studies\/4140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melkaconseil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-studies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melkaconseil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case-studies"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melkaconseil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melkaconseil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"case-studies-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melkaconseil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-studies-category?post=4140"},{"taxonomy":"case-studies-service","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melkaconseil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-studies-service?post=4140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}