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Dell bets on Nvidia-based AI factory to expand operations infrastructure
Dell Technologies is expanding its artificial intelligence factory push with Nvidia, aiming to turn AI into business results by strengthening agentic AI from local workstations, a data platform and an open ecosystem. At Dell Technologies World 2026 in Las Vegas, Dell announced updates to its Nvidia-based Dell AI Factory portfolio. It introduced desk-side agentic AI, expanded data and search capabilities, unveiled PowerRack rack-scale infrastructure and cooling, and launched an AI ecosystem program with partnerships including Google, OpenAI, Palantir and SpaceXAI.
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Western Digital completes carbon-free energy transition at 5 manufacturing sites
Western Digital is pursuing an energy strategy aimed at sustainability as AI storage demand accelerates, it said on April 23, publishing its FY2025 sustainability report. It said it now runs five manufacturing sites on 100 percent carbon-free energy and raised renewable energy use across global manufacturing to 66 percent. It also reported lower emissions intensity in product use, new supply-chain targets, and progress on recycled materials and rare-earth recovery.
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Western Digital unveils roadmap to expand HDD capacity to 100TB
Western Digital on Tuesday unveiled a roadmap for hard disk drives with capacities of more than 100 terabytes and introduced performance and power-optimization technologies at Innovation Day 2026. The company said it has shifted to long-term customer partnerships based on multi-year contracts and more than doubled gross profit year on year. It said 40TB UltraSMR ePMR drives and HAMR drives are under validation with two hyperscale customers each, with mass production plans from the second half of this year and expanded HAMR output from 2027.
