Dell Announces New AI Offerings, Deepens Ties With Nvidia and Microsoft

Dell Technologies (DELL) released a slew of announcements Monday related to artificial intelligence (AI), ranging from new AI PCs to expanded data center offerings as the company deepens its partnerships with AI leaders like Nvidia (NVDA) and Microsoft (MSFT).

Deepening Nvidia Ties

Dell said it’s expanding its AI offerings in partnership with Nvidia with “new server, edge, workstation, solutions and services advancements.”

The company announced the new Dell PowerEdge XE9680L server which “offers direct liquid cooling and eight NVIDIA Blackwell Tensor Core GPUs for fast processing in a compact form factor,” addressing power efficiency and cooling concerns associated with running demanding AI workloads.

Nvidia’s Blackwell platform was first announced in March and is expected to be available through some of the chipmaker’s partners, like Dell, this year.

Dell also highlighted Dell NativeEdge, “the first edge orchestration platform that automates the delivery of NVIDIA AI Enterprise software, including NVIDIA NIM.”

New AI PCs

Dell announced new AI PCs as well, some with Copilot+ that run on Qualcomm (QCOM) processors and are equipped with Microsoft’s AI features. The company’s announcement came the same day as Microsoft’s own.

Dell said the new laptops are “targeted at professionals and consumers” with “built-in AI with game-changing performance and exceptional battery life” to “help users easily manage their tasks and workflows through local computing and processing across the GPU, CPU and NPU.”

The company introduced five new AI PCs, XPS 13, Inspiron 14 Plus, Inspiron 14, Latitude 7455, and Latitude 5455. The XPS 13 and new Latitude laptops are equipped with Microsoft’s Copilot+. The XPS 13 and Inspiron 14 Plus laptops were available for preorder on Monday, while the Latitude 7455, Latitude 5455, and Inspiron 14 devices are to be available in the coming months.

The company also unveiled Dell Generative AI Solution for Digital Assistants and Implementation Services, which is available now in North America.

Dell shares closed 2.7% lower at $145.45 Monday. They’ve gained over 90% since the start of the year.