Lenovo launches AI Express with NVIDIA to accelerate AI infrastructure deployment

Lenovo has announced the launch of Lenovo AI Express, a new program developed in collaboration with NVIDIA to accelerate the deployment of artificial intelligence infrastructure. The initiative aims to reduce the long lead times typically associated with custom GPU servers by offering pre-validated hardware configurations that can be delivered in as little as 15 business days.

The program provides three distinct performance tiers based on the Lenovo Hybrid AI Factory with NVIDIA architecture, utilizing processors from AMD and Intel. These tiers are designed to scale according to user count and model size:

• Small Configuration: Built on ThinkSystem SR650a V4 with two NVIDIA RTX 6000 PRO Blackwell Server Edition units, supporting dozens of users and models between 7B and 70B parameters. • Medium Configuration: Built on ThinkSystem SR675 V3 with eight RTX 6000 PRO GPUs, designed for hundreds of users and models between 70B and 400B parameters. • Large Configuration: Built on ThinkSystem SR680a V4 with HGX B300, targeting thousands of users and models with up to 1 trillion parameters.

Software support includes Red Hat AI Factory with NVIDIA or NVIDIA AI Enterprise, alongside data protection solutions from Veeam Kasten.