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Dell Reimagines Modern Data Center for AI Era


Dell Reimagines Modern Data Center for AI Era
  • by: Business Wire
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  • May 21, 2026

Dell Technologies introduces a new generation of storage, compute, cyber resilience and automation innovations built to power the modern data center. Dell PowerStore Elite triples performance and packs up to 5.8 petabytes of effective capacity into a single 3U appliance with an industry-best 6:1 data reduction guarantee. The 18th generation of Dell PowerEdge servers deliver up to 70% better performance through advanced air- and liquid-cooling designs.

Quick Intel

  • Dell PowerStore Elite delivers up to 3x performance increase, 6:1 data reduction guarantee, and 5.8PB effective capacity in 3U.

  • PowerEdge Gen 18 servers deliver up to 70% better performance and 13-to-1 consolidation.

  • PowerProtect One reduces management overhead by 50% with unified cyber-resilience platform.

  • Dell Cyber Detect extends AI-powered ransomware detection into PowerStore and PowerMax with 99.99% accuracy.

  • Dell Private Cloud delivers up to 65% cost savings versus HCI with automated lifecycle management.

  • Dell Automation Platform introduces agentic intelligence with personalized generative user experience.

Eliminate Storage Tradeoffs

Dell PowerStore Elite is an intelligent, open storage platform that combines AI-driven software, next generation hardware and non-disruptive modernization. The platform triples performance and density compared to prior generations, packs up to 5.8 petabytes of effective capacity into a single 3U appliance and is backed by an industry-best 6:1 data reduction guarantee. Built on industry-standard E3 flash, PowerStore Elite reduces cost per workload while keeping every component, including drives, controllers and networking, modular and field-upgradable.

Redefine Compute and Cooling

The 18th generation of Dell PowerEdge servers deliver up to 70% better performance and 13-to-1 consolidation through advanced air- and liquid-cooling designs. New servers include the liquid-cooled PowerEdge M9825 with AMD EPYC 6th Gen processors for AI and HPC workloads; air-cooled PowerEdge XE5845 and XE7845 for PCIe-based AI deployments; PowerEdge R9825 and R9815 with 6th Gen AMD EPYC processors; PowerEdge R9810 with Intel's next-gen server processor (Diamond Rapids); and space-efficient 1U platforms R8815 and R6815.

Unify Cyber Resilience

Dell PowerProtect One is the world's most comprehensive cyber-resilience platform, purpose-built to secure, detect and rapidly recover business-critical data across any environment. It brings together PowerProtect Data Manager and PowerProtect Data Domain under a single control plane, reducing operational sprawl and delivering centralized visibility that cuts management overhead by 50%. Dell Cyber Detect extends AI-powered ransomware detection directly into Dell PowerStore and Dell PowerMax enterprise storage, trained on thousands of ransomware variants with 99.99% accuracy.

Simplify and Automate the Full Stack

Dell Private Cloud, delivered through Dell Automation Platform, lets organizations deploy and run their preferred cloud stack from vendors like Broadcom, Microsoft, Nutanix and Red Hat on open, disaggregated Dell infrastructure with automated lifecycle management, delivering up to 65% cost savings versus HCI. Dell Automation Platform introduces agentic intelligence through a personalized generative user experience that adapts to how teams design, operate and manage infrastructure. Dell Automation Studio allows customers to create AI-driven compute, storage and networking automation workflows.

About Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies helps organizations and individuals build their digital future and transform how they work, live and play. The company provides customers with the industry's broadest and most innovative technology and services portfolio for the AI era.

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