ISG to Study Providers of AI-ready Infrastructure Solutions
Upcoming ISG Provider Lens® report will evaluate providers' ability to deliver performance, efficiency, ease of management for enterprise AI buildouts
Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a global AI-centered technology research and advisory firm, has launched a research study examining providers that help enterprises build AI-ready infrastructure foundations, including graphics processing unit (GPU) capacity, to support AI training, inference and deployment at scale.
The study results will be published in a comprehensive ISG Provider Lens® report, called AI-ready Infrastructure Solutions, scheduled to be released in July 2026. The report will cover companies delivering integrated AI infrastructure platforms and GPU-as-a-service (GPUaaS) offerings, assessing their ability to provide scalable, secure and economically viable foundations for enterprise AI.
Enterprise buyers will be able to use information from the report to evaluate their current vendor relationships, potential new engagements and available offerings, while ISG advisors use the information to recommend providers to the firm's buy-side clients.
As enterprises move from experimenting with AI to integrating it into operational backbones, they face growing pressure to build scalable, efficient and economically viable infrastructure. The market is shifting from general-purpose infrastructure to solutions that enhance performance, efficiency and ease of management. Enterprises are seeking providers of integrated AI systems and consumption-based models that simplify deployment, orchestration and lifecycle management while providing access to high-performance accelerators without long-term capital commitments.
"Enterprises are under increasing pressure to balance performance with cost clarity, power consumption, compliance and resilience," said Heiko Henkes, managing director at ISG. "Providers that offer clarity and architectural coherence play a critical role in helping enterprises select AI infrastructure that is aligned with their strategies and regulatory requirements."
ISG has distributed surveys to approximately 40 AI-ready infrastructure providers. Working in collaboration with ISG's global advisors, the research team will produce two quadrants representing AI-ready infrastructure solutions that the typical enterprise is buying, based on ISG's experience working with its clients. The two quadrants are:
- Integrated AI Infrastructure Systems, evaluating platform originators that design, manufacture and deliver proprietary, rack-scale AI systems with system-level responsibility. Providers are assessed on their ability to support model development, training, deployment and inference across diverse environments.
- GPU as a Service (GPUaaS), assessing infrastructure providers delivering GPUaaS for AI, ML and data-intensive workloads. These providers enable enterprises to consume GPU resources through flexible commercial models, with an emphasis on predictable performance, pricing transparency, orchestration maturity and enterprise-grade security.
The study will cover the global AI-ready infrastructure solutions market and examine products and services available globally. ISG analyst Sonam Chawla will serve as the author of the report.
A list of identified providers and vendors and further details on the study are available in this digital brochure. Companies not listed as AI-ready infrastructure solution providers can contact ISG and ask to be included in the study.
All 2026 ISG Provider Lens® evaluations feature expanded customer experience (CX) data that measures actual enterprise experience with specific provider services and solutions, based on ISG's continuous CX research.
About ISG Provider Lens® Research
The ISG Provider Lens® Quadrant research series is the only service provider evaluation of its kind to combine empirical, data-driven research and market analysis with the real-world experience and observations of ISG's global advisory team. Enterprises will find a wealth of detailed data and market analysis to help guide their selection of appropriate sourcing partners, while ISG advisors use the reports to validate their own market knowledge and make recommendations to ISG's enterprise clients. The research currently covers providers offering their services globally, across Europe, as well as in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the U.K., France, Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, the Nordics, Australia and Singapore/Malaysia, with additional markets to be added in the future. For more information about ISG Provider Lens research, please visit this webpage.
About ISG
ISG (Nasdaq: III) is a global AI-centered technology research and advisory firm. A trusted partner to more than 900 clients, including 75 of the world's top 100 enterprises, ISG is a long-time leader in technology and business services that is now at the forefront of leveraging AI to help organizations achieve operational excellence and faster growth. The firm, founded in 2006, is known for its proprietary market data, in-depth knowledge of provider ecosystems, and the expertise of its 1,600 professionals worldwide working together to help clients maximize the value of their technology investments.
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