How Dell is Powering Next-Gen Data Centres with New AI
As AI continues to reshape enterprise technology, Dell Technologies unveils a refreshed suite of infrastructure solutions designed to meet growing AI and data centre demands.
The updates span servers, storage and data protection, all aimed at enhancing performance, cutting costs and supporting both traditional and AI-driven workloads.
With a growing need for scalable, flexible infrastructure to power AI, Dell’s new releases support energy efficiency, security and sustainability at scale.
The move positions the tech giant as a key enabler of AI innovation across enterprise data centres.
Building data centres for the age of AI
AI is transforming how data centres operate.
Large-scale AI workloads need low latency, high memory bandwidth and parallel processing capabilities.
To handle this shift, data centre architecture is moving from rigid setups to modular, disaggregated systems, where storage, compute and networking can scale independently.
Arthur Lewis, President of the Infrastructure Solutions Group at Dell Technologies, describes this shift: "Modern applications require a new breed of infrastructure that will help customers keep pace with ever-changing data centre demands."
He adds: "From storage to servers to networking to data protection, only Dell Technologies provides an end-to-end disaggregated infrastructure portfolio that helps customers reduce complexity, increase IT agility and accelerate data centre modernisation."
Dell’s latest solutions reflect a move towards intelligent, responsive systems that can meet the rigours of AI workloads, which often consume more cooling and power.
This has increased the need for environmentally aware infrastructure that uses renewable energy and supports carbon tracking.
By modernising data centre foundations with AI in mind, Dell aims to enable digital transformation across industries. It provide the technology backbone for advanced machine learning systems and automation platforms.
Inside Dell’s infrastructure upgrades
The infrastructure refresh includes advancements in Dell PowerEdge servers, PowerStore storage, ObjectScale architecture, PowerScale storage nodes and PowerProtect data protection systems.
PowerEdge servers have been updated with the new R470, R570, R670 and R770 models powered by Intel Xeon 6 processors.
These servers offer improved scalability and power efficiency.
Notably, the PowerEdge R770 can free up 80% of rack space, increase performance by 67% and support 50% more cores per processor. This consolidation aligns with enterprise efforts to reduce data centre footprints while supporting higher workloads.
These servers also support DC-MHS (Datacentre Modular Hardware System) architecture, part of the Open Compute Project.
This approach simplifies operations and prepares data centres for future workloads.
PowerStore now integrates Dell’s AI Operations platform (AIOps), previously known as CloudIQ.
This AI-powered tool provides analytics to reduce manual tasks, track performance and estimate carbon impact. It includes automated certificate renewal, DoD smart card authentication support and enhanced Storage Direct Protection integrations.
ObjectScale has been re-engineered for AI-intensive workloads.
ObjectScale X560 can accelerate key workloads like media ingest, backups and AI model training with 83% read throughput, while ObjectScale XF960 can deliver up to two times greater throughput per node than the closest competitor and up to eight times greater density than previous-generation all-flash systems.
A new hybrid cloud partnership with Wasabi provides global namespace, copy-to-cloud functionality and built-in data governance, supporting secure AI data lakes.
PowerScale now includes 122TB solid-state drives (SSDs), enabling up to 6PB of high-speed access in just one 2U rack unit.
This capacity boosts GPU usage, crucial for AI training and inference. New node options like the H710, H7100, A310 and A3100 offer longer retention of training data with lower total cost of ownership (TCO).
PowerProtect upgrades include the DD6410, which enables up to 65x deduplication, 91% faster scalability and dramatically faster restore times.
Its All-Flash Ready Node uses 36% less power and has a five times smaller footprint.
The PowerProtect Data Manager adds AI-assisted anomaly detection and streamlined VM backup.
Positioning Dell at the core of AI infrastructure
Dell’s infrastructure updates aim to capture enterprise interest in AI and hybrid cloud platforms.
The company’s ability to support scalable AI workloads and embed intelligent operations into data centre systems gives it a competitive advantage as enterprises expand their digital capabilities.
Simon Robinson, Principal Analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, now part of Omdia, underscores the market shift: "Organisations are refocusing their IT strategies to take a disaggregated approach to infrastructure that improves resource management and simplifies management complexity."
He continues: "Dell Technologies is delivering updates across its infrastructure portfolio designed to help customers easily overcome these challenges so that they’re ready to manage any workload."
By aligning with Open Compute Project standards, integrating with Intel’s Xeon 6 architecture and partnering with Wasabi on hybrid solutions, Dell extends its influence in the AI and cloud infrastructure landscape.
These moves not only address technical performance but also respond to rising sustainability expectations, positioning Dell as a trusted partner for AI-first organisations.
As AI continues to shape enterprise needs, Dell’s infrastructure refresh looks to future-proof data centres, delivering scalable, secure and energy-aware systems that can adapt to the next wave of technological change.
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