Lenovo AI Express is a new quick-start program developed in collaboration with NVIDIA that accelerates the path to production AI infrastructure. Designed to reduce the complexity and lead times that slow enterprise AI adoption, the program offers validated, right-sized configurations with order-to-ship times starting from 15 business days for eligible configurations, helping organizations move from AI strategy to live operations faster.
Lenovo AI Express Configurations & Hardware
Lenovo AI Express offers three validated quick-start configurations under the Lenovo Hybrid AI Factory with NVIDIA, each matched to a different level of AI demand. The Small configuration ships from 15 business days and is built on the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650a V4, powered by two NVIDIA RTX 6000 PRO Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. It supports focused AI inferencing for tens of users at 30-plus tokens per second, with average model sizes ranging from 7B to 70B parameters.
The Medium configuration ships from 20 business days, built on the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR675 V3 and powered by eight NVIDIA RTX 6000 PRO Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. It targets higher-throughput inferencing and agentic AI for hundreds of users, supporting model sizes from 70B to 400B parameters at 30-plus tokens per second.
The Large configuration ships from 25 business days and is built on the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR680a V4, powered by NVIDIA HGX B300. It supports full-scale generative AI models serving thousands of users across a wide range of workloads, with support for models up to a trillion parameters for enterprise-scale deployments.
All three configurations support the latest CPU technologies from AMD and Intel. Customers can also extend their chosen configuration with enterprise AI software, including Red Hat AI Factory with NVIDIA or NVIDIA AI Enterprise software, and add Veeam Kasten for AI data resilience to protect applications, data, models, and pipelines.
Lenovo AI Express also includes a full range of services covering the entire AI factory lifecycle, including use case identification and ROI validation through proof-of-concept engagements to GPU environment optimization for performance, utilization, and cost efficiency. A new Premier Support Plus for Servers tier adds proactive and predictive support capabilities to help maintain operational continuity in mission-critical environments.
Lenovo is also making the program available through its global partner ecosystem via the Lenovo 360 framework. Channel partners can bring validated Lenovo Hybrid AI Factory configurations to customers with support throughout the sales process.
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