Lead time from first contact through contract signing to a provisioned ~128-GPU cluster at two top-rated neoclouds (Nebius, Crusoe), as SemiAnalysis reported in March 2025
often <2 daysobserved
| Value kind | observed — Reported measurements, counts, and specifications keep the precision and scope stated by their source; an exact specification is not treated as a range. |
|---|---|
| Scope | Commercial lead time for two named providers, not a bring-up benchmark. ClusterMAX 3.0 (Sep 2026) reports a Verda cluster provisioned 30 min after purchase. |
| As of | 2025-03 |
| Source | SemiAnalysis ClusterMAX 1.0 (The GPU Cloud ClusterMAX Rating System) · Consumption Models section: provisioning from initial contact to contract signing is often less than two days |
| Review | checking…review by 2027-03-26 · fast cadence |
| Recorded changes | last 2026-10-16 · 2 revisions tracked |
| Claim id | to-provision-128-gpus-to-a-customer-at-a-top |
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