NVIDIA Honors Partners of the Year Leading AI Innovation Across Europe, Middle East and Africa

by Sobia Khan

NVIDIA today recognized partners in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for their contributions to helping customers deploy AI faster and at scale, delivering measurable outcomes across the region using NVIDIA AI and accelerated computing. 

The recipients were honored at the annual EMEA Partner Day hosted by the NVIDIA Partner Network (NPN). 

The 2026 EMEA NPN award winners are:

Industry Innovation: Akila

Akila was recognized for pioneering how AI and digital twins are applied to the real estate industry and complex environments like transport hubs and commercial buildings.

Using OpenUSD and NVIDIA Omniverse libraries, Akila’s platform is operating at scale, from a train station in Monaco — optimizing operations for 20,000 daily passengers — to a university campus in Morocco.

Consulting Partner of the Year: Accenture

Accenture was honored for its leadership in scaling enterprise AI, helping organizations move from pilot to production across industries including manufacturing, telecom, healthcare and smart cities. 

Using NVIDIA’s accelerated computing platform, including sovereign AI factories, simulation‑powered robotics and AI‑driven digital twins, Accenture is enabling customers across EMEA to operationalize AI, driving measurable outcomes and long-term value.

Go-to-Market Excellence: World Wide Technology

WWT was recognized for helping organizations move from vision to real-world impact across the full AI lifecycle. Its approach centers on speeding the time to first token, accelerating the path from infrastructure to meaningful outcomes.

WWT’s AI Proving Ground provides a secure, production-grade environment to validate AI systems with real workloads, reducing risk and further accelerating deployment at scale.

Go-to-Market Excellence (Robotics and Smart Spaces): Silicon Highway

Silicon Highway received special recognition for its contributions in robotics and smart spaces, using its software partner ecosystem to drive go-to-market success and scale adoption of NVIDIA technologies across Europe.

Distributor of the Year: TD SYNNEX EMEA

TD SYNNEX EMEA was honored for delivering strong revenue growth while expanding NVIDIA’s partner ecosystem across the region, enabling local AI factory solutions for proof-of-concept projects. Its Destination AI program further supports partners in building and scaling their AI practices.

Star Performer

Star Performer awards celebrate partners that have achieved outstanding sales success across the NVIDIA portfolio. The winners are:

  • Benelux: SLTN IT Services
  • DACH: DALCO
  • Eastern Europe: ASBISc
  • France: 2CRSi
  • Middle East and Africa: ECOBLOX
  • Nordics: Nextron
  • Southern Europe: E4 Computer Engineering 
  • U.K. and Ireland: Computacenter

Star Performer, Software

Star Performer, Software awards honor partners dedicated to selling NVIDIA’s full-stack technologies, with a focus on software. The winners are:

  • Benelux: Dustin Netherlands
  • DACH: DELTA Computer Products
  • Eastern Europe: M Computers 
  • Nordics: AceIQ 
  • Southern Europe: Azken Muga

Rising Star

Rising Star awards recognize partners with the greatest revenue growth over the past year. The winners are:

  • Benelux: ServerDirect 
  • DACH: Computacenter 
  • Eastern Europe: M Computers
  • France: Heliaq
  • Middle East and Africa: Computer Direct Access
  • Nordics: Advania Sverige 
  • Southern Europe: Ricca IT
  • U.K. and Ireland: Softcat 

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