Building AI infrastructure in the cloud often feels like assembling a starship with vague instructions and a surprise bill at the end. Long lead times for GPUs, complex configuration, and hidden costs can stall your AI projects before they even launch. 

This ESG Technical Validation report dives into Lambda's 1-Click Cluster. It’s the real-world proof showing how you can skip the hyperscaler headaches and get pre-configured, pre-validated NVIDIA GPU clusters ready for action—fast.

Why read this validation? ESG found Lambda 1CC delivers:

• Seriously Accelerated Time-to-Value: Deploy pre-validated, high-performance GPU clusters way faster than wrestling with standard cloud providers. Less config time, more AI training time.
• Simplified Provisioning: Forget juggling compute, networking, and storage interfaces. Get what you need through a straightforward process.
• Built-in Security: Clusters are isolated at the hardware level—not just software—for better security from the get-go.
• Straightforward Costs: No gotchas like ingress/egress fees that bloat hyperscaler bills. Simplified cost structure means fewer surprises.
• Ready-to-Roll Performance: Clusters include Lambda Stack (PyTorch, TensorFlow, NVIDIA drivers, etc.) pre-installed, so your team can start working immediately.