Dell expands its AI Factory with NVIDIA, adding new PowerEdge servers, faster networking, and managed services for enterprise AI adoption.
At Dell Technology World 2025, Dell announced a series of advancements within the Dell AI Factory, all aimed at accelerating enterprise AI adoption and delivering faster time-to-value. As organizations move from AI experimentation to full-scale implementation, the need for accessible AI skills and robust technologies has never been greater. Dell and NVIDIA are responding with a comprehensive suite of updates spanning AI infrastructure, solutions, and services, designed to streamline the journey from pilot projects to production AI.
Next-Generation Compute, Storage, and Networking
Dell introduced the latest generation of PowerEdge servers, including the air-cooled XE9780 and XE9785 models, which are engineered for seamless integration into enterprise data centers. For organizations requiring higher density and efficiency, the liquid-cooled XE9780L and XE9785L servers enable rack-scale deployments, supporting up to 192 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs with direct-to-chip cooling and customizable configurations up to 256 GPUs per Dell IR7000 rack. These new models succeed Dell’s fastest-growing solution, the PowerEdge XE9680, and deliver up to four times faster large language model (LLM) training with the 8-way NVIDIA HGX B300.
Dell PowerEdge XE9785
The PowerEdge XE7745 server, available with NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs starting July 2025, offers a universal platform for physical and agentic AI use cases. Supporting up to eight GPUs in a 4U chassis, it is designed for robotics, digital twins, and multimodal AI applications and is validated within the NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory design. Dell also announced plans to support the NVIDIA Vera CPU, which brings enhanced speed, efficiency, and performance, and the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform, which will be paired with a new PowerEdge XE server for Dell Integrated Rack Scalable Systems.
DellPowerEdge XE9785L
Dell expanded its networking portfolio with the PowerSwitch SN5600 and SN2201 Ethernet switches, part of the NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform, and the NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand switches. These high-density, low-latency switches deliver up to 800Gbps throughput and are now supported by Dell ProSupport and Deployment Services, ensuring expert guidance throughout the AI deployment lifecycle.
Redefining AI Cooling and Data Center Efficiency
Dell is also transforming data center cooling with the PowerCool Enclosed Rear Door Heat Exchanger (eRDHx), a Dell-engineered alternative to standard rear-door heat exchangers. The eRDHx captures 100% of IT heat with a self-contained airflow system, reducing cooling energy costs by up to 60% compared to traditional solutions. Integrated into Dell’s IR7000 racks, this technology allows organizations to cut costs, eliminate the need for expensive chillers, and operate with warmer water temperatures (32–36°C). The eRDHx supports up to 16% more racks of dense compute without increasing power consumption and enables air cooling capacity up to 80 kW per rack for dense AI and HPC deployments. Advanced leak detection, real-time thermal monitoring, and unified rack management further minimize operational risk.
PowerCool Enclosed Rear Door Heat Exchanger (eRDHx)
Integrated, End-to-End AI Solutions
The Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA delivers a fully integrated, end-to-end AI solution, combining Dell and NVIDIA compute, networking, storage, and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software. This platform supports the NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory validated design, providing enterprises with a robust foundation for scalable AI deployments.
Platform and Service Innovations
The Dell AI Factory now includes enhancements to the Dell AI Platform with AMD, introducing 200G storage networking and an improved AMD ROCm open software stack. This streamlines workflows, supports LLMs, and manages complex workloads, with Day 0 support and performance-optimized containers for models like Llama 4. The new Dell AI Platform with Intel enables enterprises to deploy a comprehensive, high-performance AI stack using Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerators.
Dell also announced updates to the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA and enhancements to Dell NativeEdge, further supporting AI deployments and inferencing at the edge.
Advancements in AI Data Management
Recognizing that AI’s effectiveness is directly tied to the quality and accessibility of data, Dell has advanced its AI Data Platform to ensure continuous, high-performance access to data for AI applications. Dell ObjectScale now supports large-scale AI deployments with a denser, software-defined system, reducing costs and data center footprint. Integrations with NVIDIA BlueField-3 and Spectrum-4 networking further enhance performance and scalability.
Dell also introduced a high-performance solution built on PowerScale, Project Lightning, and PowerEdge XE servers. By leveraging KV cache and integrating NVIDIA’s NIXL Libraries, this solution is optimized for large-scale distributed inference workloads. Dell ObjectScale will support S3 over RDMA, delivering up to 230% higher throughput, up to 80% lower latency, and a 98% reduction in CPU load compared to traditional S3, resulting in significantly improved GPU utilization.
Software Innovations for Agentic AI
The NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform, available directly from Dell, empowers organizations to innovate on the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA. This includes access to NVIDIA NIM, NeMo microservices, Blueprints, NeMo Retriever for RAG, and advanced reasoning models such as NVIDIA Llama and Nemotron. These tools enable seamless development of agentic workflows, helping businesses accelerate time-to-value for AI-driven outcomes. Red Hat OpenShift is now available within the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA for organizations prioritizing flexibility and security, simplifying critical AI deployments.
Managed Services for Streamlined AI Operations
Dell introduced new Managed Services for the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA to further reduce operational complexity. These services manage the complete NVIDIA AI solutions stack, including platforms, infrastructure, and AI Enterprise software, providing 24/7 monitoring, reporting, version upgrades, and patching. By offering cost-effective, scalable, and proactive IT support, Dell’s managed services help organizations overcome resource and expertise constraints, ensuring that technical teams can focus on driving business value from AI.
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