ClusterMAX™ 2.0: The Industry Standard GPU Cloud Rating System

95% Coverage By Volume, 84 Providers Rated, 209 Providers Tracked, 140+ Customers Surveyed, 46,000 Words For Your Enjoyment

ClusterMAX™ 2.0: The Industry Standard GPU Cloud Rating System 95% Coverage By Volume, 84 Providers Rated, 209 Providers Tracked, 140+ Customers Surveyed, 46,000 Words For Your Enjoyment Jordan Nanos , Daniel Nishball , Michelle Shen , and 4 others Nov 06, 2025 ∙ Paid 148 3 8 Share Introduction GPU clouds (also known as “Neoclouds” since October of last year) are at the center of the AI boom. Neoclouds represent some of the most important transactions in AI, the critical juncture where end users rent GPUs to train models, process data, and build inference endpoints. Our previous research has s

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