As artificial intelligence continues to revolutionize enterprise technology, Dell Technologies has unveiled a fresh suite of infrastructure solutions aimed at meeting the increasing demands of AI and modern data centres. This latest update spans across critical areas such as servers, storage, and data protection, focusing on boosting performance, reducing operational costs, and accommodating both traditional and AI-driven workloads.
With AI’s rising prominence in business operations, Dell’s updated offerings prioritize energy efficiency, security, and sustainability at scale. This strategic move solidifies the company’s role as a key enabler of AI innovation in data centres across industries.
Revamping Data Centres for the AI Era
AI is reshaping the way data centres function. As large-scale AI workloads demand low latency, high memory bandwidth, and parallel processing capabilities, the architecture of data centres is evolving. The rigid, monolithic systems of the past are being replaced with modular, disaggregated infrastructures, where storage, computing, and networking can scale independently.
Arthur Lewis, President of the Infrastructure Solutions Group at Dell Technologies, emphasizes this change: “Modern applications require a new breed of infrastructure that helps customers keep pace with ever-changing data centre demands.”
He continues, “Only Dell Technologies offers an end-to-end disaggregated infrastructure portfolio that reduces complexity, boosts IT agility, and accelerates data centre modernization.”
These new systems are designed to handle the demanding workloads of AI, which often require additional cooling and power. This shift has raised the need for eco-conscious infrastructure that not only uses renewable energy but also supports carbon tracking.
By upgrading their infrastructure with AI in mind, Dell is positioning itself as a driver of digital transformation, equipping industries with the backbone necessary to support advanced machine learning systems and automation platforms.
Dell’s Infrastructure Upgrades: A Comprehensive Refresh
The latest infrastructure advancements include updates to Dell PowerEdge servers, PowerStore storage, ObjectScale architecture, PowerScale storage nodes, and PowerProtect data protection systems.
The new PowerEdge servers, such as the R470, R570, R670, and R770 models, are powered by Intel Xeon 6 processors and offer improved scalability and energy efficiency. A standout feature is the PowerEdge R770, which helps businesses free up to 80% of rack space, boosts performance by 67%, and supports 50% more cores per processor. This consolidation effort aligns with the broader goal of reducing data centre footprints while maintaining high performance.
PowerStore now integrates Dell’s AI Operations platform (AIOps), previously known as CloudIQ, which provides analytics to streamline operations, monitor performance, and estimate the carbon impact of workloads.
The re-engineered ObjectScale architecture has been optimized for AI-intensive workloads. For example, the ObjectScale X560 model accelerates tasks like media ingestion and AI model training with an impressive 83% read throughput, while the XF960 model offers up to twice the throughput per node compared to competitors.
Dell’s hybrid cloud partnership with Wasabi adds a global namespace, cloud copy functionality, and built-in data governance, making it ideal for secure AI data lakes.
PowerScale now includes 122TB solid-state drives (SSDs) for incredibly high-speed access—up to 6PB in a single 2U rack. This capability significantly boosts GPU usage, crucial for AI training and inference.
PowerProtect has also been upgraded, with the new DD6410 offering up to 65x deduplication, faster scalability, and dramatically improved restore times. Additionally, PowerProtect Data Manager now includes AI-assisted anomaly detection and simplified VM backup.
Positioning Dell as a Key Player in AI Infrastructure
Dell’s infrastructure updates are designed to attract enterprise customers looking to expand into AI and hybrid cloud solutions. By providing scalable AI infrastructure and embedding intelligent operations into their systems, Dell is positioning itself ahead of competitors in this rapidly evolving market.
As Simon Robinson, Principal Analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, now part of Omdia, notes, “Organizations are increasingly refocusing their IT strategies on disaggregated infrastructures to simplify management and improve resource efficiency.”
Robinson continues, “Dell Technologies is delivering updates across its infrastructure portfolio that help customers overcome these challenges, ensuring they are prepared to handle any workload.”
Dell’s alignment with Open Compute Project standards, collaboration with Intel for Xeon 6 processors, and its partnership with Wasabi for hybrid cloud solutions, strengthen its position in the AI and cloud infrastructure space. These efforts address both performance and sustainability concerns, making Dell a trusted partner for organizations looking to prioritize AI.
As AI continues to shape business operations, Dell’s infrastructure refresh is designed to future-proof data centres, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and energy-efficient—ready to support the next wave of technological advancements.
