Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is essential for modern cloud operations, allowing companies to define their infrastructure through code, facilitating easy deployment, rollbacks, and reproducibility. By using tools like Terraform, teams can manage resources more efficiently, eliminating the risks associated with "snowflake servers" and improving overall agility in infrastructure management.

A comprehensive guide for MLOps and Data teams on deploying Vertex AI Workbench using Terraform to minimize manual operations and reduce costs associated with cloud resource management. It highlights the advantages of using Terraform for standardized and reproducible configurations, addressing common issues when relying on UI for instance creation. The article includes a maturity model for notebook management and a practical Terraform module example for implementation.