At its 2025 Dell Technologies World event in Las Vegas, Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) introduced a refreshed suite of solutions aimed at making on-premises AI infrastructure more powerful, cost-efficient, and easier to manage. The updates span across hardware, software, and partnerships—with a clear focus on enabling enterprises to deploy AI workloads without relying on public cloud services.

Emphasis on On-Prem AI: Cost and Control

One of the key themes of Dell’s announcements was the strategic advantage of keeping AI operations in-house. According to Dell’s Sam Grocott, Senior VP of Product Management, running AI inference workloads locally delivers substantial savings when compared to cloud-based alternatives. He noted that the total cost of ownership (TCO) for on-prem AI can be up to 75% lower than using public AI services—regardless of the organization’s scale.

This insight is backed by research from Enterprise Strategy Group, which found that on-prem solutions often outperform cloud platforms in terms of long-term economic efficiency when handling large-scale AI model inference.

Dell Private Cloud: A Turnkey Solution for Modern Infrastructure

In alignment with this shift, Dell revealed its new Private Cloud solution, powered by the Dell Automation Platform. This offering aims to streamline and accelerate private cloud deployments using a modular approach that integrates seamlessly with platforms from Broadcom, Red Hat, and Nutanix. The foundation of the system is built upon Dell’s disaggregated infrastructure, including PowerEdge servers and PowerStore storage systems.

The Dell Automation Platform enables near hands-free deployment, cutting down provisioning steps by 90%. As a result, businesses can spin up fully operational clusters in just a few hours—without complex manual setup.

Expanding to the Edge with NativeEdge

Complementing the Private Cloud initiative is Dell NativeEdge, tailored for managing virtualized workloads in remote offices and edge locations. Designed with flexibility in mind, NativeEdge supports both Dell and third-party legacy systems. It brings built-in capabilities like policy-based load balancing, snapshot management, and backup/migration tools to ensure business continuity in diverse environments.

Broad Hardware Ecosystem

Dell also reaffirmed its hardware versatility, offering AI-optimized infrastructure powered by a mix of AMD, Intel, and Nvidia technologies. These systems are intended to serve as the compute backbone for its growing AI Factory framework, which was first introduced alongside Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang last year.