Dell and NVIDIA Expand AI Factory

Dell Technologies has expanded its Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA, introducing new agentic AI solutions, enterprise software integrations and computing infrastructure aimed at helping organisations deploy artificial intelligence beyond experimental projects.

Announced on October 21, 2026, the expansion includes developments in AI workstations, data centre infrastructure, security and managed services. Dell said more than 6,500 enterprises have adopted its AI Factory with NVIDIA, compared with 5,000 in the previous quarter.

The company said the additions are designed to support businesses developing autonomous AI agents capable of performing tasks, using software tools and managing workflows with limited human intervention.

As part of the expansion, Dell has validated Reflection's Beam open-weight model for its AI Factory platform. The model, available under an Apache 2.0 licence, is designed for software engineering and complex agentic AI tasks.

Dell has also expanded its software ecosystem through integrations with Dynatrace for AI observability, Mistral for knowledge assistants and agentic AI applications, and Fogsphere for computer vision. Support for SUSE Linux is scheduled for early 2027.

The company introduced a layered security architecture combining NVIDIA's OpenShell Reference Architecture, Red Hat AI Factory software and hardware-based security controls. The framework is intended to help enterprises manage AI agents across infrastructure, networks, data and runtime environments.

Dell has also updated its Deskside Agentic AI portfolio with deployment templates covering agentic coding, NVIDIA NemoClaw and other enterprise applications.

According to the company, the templates can support deployments ranging from individual developers to more than 1,000 systems across an organisation.

On the hardware front, Dell announced a 64GB unified-memory configuration of its Pro Precision workstation with NVIDIA GB10, alongside a forthcoming Windows-based GB300 model offering up to 748GB of coherent memory.

For data centres, Dell introduced a modular infrastructure design based on NVIDIA DSX POD, integrating computing, storage, networking, power and liquid cooling within a containerised system.

The company also announced PowerEdge M9882 and R8822 servers for agentic AI execution and orchestration, along with the XE9810 platform for high-throughput AI inference.

Additional developments include NVIDIA Aerial RAN Computer platforms on Dell servers, intended to help telecommunications operators run AI and network workloads on shared infrastructure.

Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, said enterprise AI infrastructure was increasingly being viewed as an investment linked to productivity and business growth.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said autonomous AI agents required computing systems capable of supporting reasoning, tool use and execution across different environments.

Dell said the expanded portfolio is intended to provide enterprises with greater control over AI infrastructure, data and operating costs as organisations move towards production-scale deployments.

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