[Las Vegas, United States = DigitalToday reporter Jin-ho Lee] As the spread of artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates, Dell Technologies unveiled a large number of new products aimed at demand for data centre modernisation. It supports AI workloads with a range of solutions spanning storage, servers, security and automation.

Dell on May 19 (local time) announced new solutions and software innovations for data centres at Dell Technologies World 2026 (DTW 2026) in Las Vegas. It focused on helping companies secure performance needed for the AI era while maintaining current business stability.

◆PowerStore Elite unveiled...improves performance, capacity and cost efficiency

Dell unveiled a new enterprise storage product, Dell PowerStore Elite, on the day. PowerStore Elite is an open-architecture storage platform that combines AI-based software, next-generation hardware and non-disruptive modernisation features.

Dell PowerStore Elite raises performance and density by up to three times each versus the previous generation. It provides up to 5.8 petabytes (PB) of effective capacity in a single 3U appliance and also supports an industry-leading 6:1 data reduction guarantee. Another feature is a modular design for key components such as drives, controllers and networking to enable on-site upgrades.

In computing, it expanded its 18th-generation Dell PowerEdge server portfolio. The 18th-generation PowerEdge servers offer up to 70 percent higher performance and server consolidation effects of up to 13:1 through advanced air- and liquid-cooling designs. This makes it possible to secure higher computing performance within the same data centre space and cut power, cooling and software licence costs.

The liquid-cooled Dell PowerEdge M9825 includes 6th-generation AMD EPYC processors and is designed for AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. It is installed in the factory-integrated IR7000 rack, reducing risks in building dense AI infrastructure and providing predictable performance. The air-cooled Dell PowerEdge XE5845 and the next-generation Dell PowerEdge XE7845 provide greater flexibility for AI deployment environments based on Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe).

It also expanded product lines for general-purpose data centres and enterprise workloads. The Dell PowerEdge R9825 and Dell PowerEdge R9815, based on 6th-generation AMD EPYC processors, provide up to 256 cores per system and improved I/O bandwidth. The Dell PowerEdge R9810 is a high-end single-socket 2U server equipped with Diamond Rapids, Intel's next-generation server processor. It doubles memory bandwidth and increases core count by up to 50 percent to improve its ability to handle large-scale virtualisation and analytics workloads.

◆New security products unveiled...private cloud also upgraded

Dell is also strengthening its focus on cyber resilience. As AI-based attacks and ransomware threats become more sophisticated, it aims to tie detection, protection management and recovery into a single operating model.

Dell PowerProtect One is a cyber-resilience platform that protects key data, detects threats and supports rapid recovery. It integrated protection management and orchestration functions of the existing Dell PowerProtect Data Manager with Dell PowerProtect Data Domain backup storage into a single control platform. Dell stressed that this can cut management burdens by up to 50 percent and support large-scale recovery performance.

It also strengthened ransomware detection functions. AI-based ransomware detection functions of Dell Cyber Detect can be directly linked to Dell PowerStore and Dell PowerMax enterprise storage. It learns thousands of ransomware variants and analyses data at the byte level to detect threats.

Dell also announced a software lineup aimed at simplifying data centre operations. Dell Private Cloud is provided through the Dell Automation Platform and supports building and operating major cloud stacks, including Broadcom, Microsoft, Nutanix and Red Hat, on Dell's open disaggregated infrastructure. The company said it delivers cost savings of up to 65 percent compared with existing hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI).

It also upgraded Dell Distributed Private Cloud for edge and distributed environments. It reduces the operational burden for distributed sites through a two-node high-availability cluster, automatic failover, virtual machine (VM) live migration, built-in zero-trust security and zero-touch endpoint support.

AI-based automation is also a major pillar of the announcement. The Dell Automation Platform supports infrastructure design, operations and management by combining generative user experience and agentic intelligence. Dell Automation Studio supports users in building automation workflows for computing, storage and networking using existing tools and processes.

Kyeong-jin Kim (김경진), country manager of Dell Technologies Korea, said, "Modern data centres are defined around intelligent software that makes IT simpler." He stressed that, "Agentic automation applied across this new lineup can operate complex workloads reliably and evolve to meet future requirements."