Dell Technologies broadens its AI network with collaboration from Microsoft and Hugging Face.
Dell Technologies has made significant strides in its AI services, showcasing new advancements at the recent Dell Technologies World 2025. The focus is on enhancing AI infrastructure, software, partnerships, and ecosystem integration to facilitate enterprise AI adoption at scale.
**Partnership with Hugging Face and Open Source Large Language Models (LLMs):**
Dell is collaborating with Hugging Face to optimize the deployment of open source large language models. The partnership aims to provide modular, high-performance AI infrastructure that supports open source LLMs like Hugging Face’s models, as part of Dell's broader AI Factory initiative.
**Optimized Deployment:**
The AI Factory expansion includes innovations such as enterprise-grade mobile workstations, powerful servers with AMD MI350 GPUs delivering up to 35x greater AI inferencing performance, and new cooling technology that slashes energy costs by up to 60%. These enhancements enable optimized deployment of LLMs, ensuring scalable, cost-efficient, and high-performance infrastructure tailored for AI workloads.
**Support for Llama 3 and Microsoft Copilot:**
Dell has expressed support for advanced models including Meta’s Llama 3 and Microsoft’s Copilot. This strategy supports the deployment of open source and leading commercial large language models, enabling customers to efficiently deploy these models in their own environments. Furthermore, Dell’s services are designed to integrate with enterprise AI solutions like Microsoft Copilot, combining generative AI capabilities with Microsoft 365 productivity tools for seamless AI-driven workflows.
**Additional Highlights in Dell’s AI Services:**
- The Dell Pro Max Plus, the world’s first mobile workstation with a discrete Neural Processing Unit (NPU) for secure, on-device AI inferencing at the edge, supports AI workloads without sacrificing data privacy or latency. - New PowerEdge servers featuring NVIDIA HGX B300 and Intel Gaudi 3 accelerators deliver dense, scalable AI infrastructure tailored for generative AI and LLM deployment. - Dell also provides AI security and governance services to protect AI infrastructure and data, reflecting a comprehensive approach to AI lifecycle management.
**Dell Services for Microsoft Copilot Solutions:**
Dell offers professional services to prepare, deploy, and scale Microsoft Copilot products like Microsoft Copilot for Security or GitHub Copilot. This approach extends beyond technical environment readiness and implementation, also focusing on data security and knowledge worker preparation.
**Dell Enterprise Hub:**
Dell has introduced Dell Enterprise Hub, a new portal on Hugging Face for deploying popular open source large language models (LLMs) via Dell’s on-premises infrastructure. The integration allows for the same API connections as in Azure, making it easier for customers to leverage AI features within their on-premises environment.
**Looking Ahead:**
Dell is expanding its existing connections with Microsoft Azure to include more Microsoft AI services, aiming to make enterprise AI adoption as smooth as possible via a turnkey process. Dell will also provide ongoing sessions to help workforces adapt to using Copilot and meet their business goals, as well as guidance on leveraging Llama 3 within customers' environments and working with them to fine-tune the model for better performance using Dell infrastructure.
Rory Bathgate will cover Dell Technologies World 2024 between 20 and 24 May, providing further insights into Dell's AI strategy and the latest developments in the field.
In collaboration with Hugging Face, Dell Technologies is optimizing the deployment of open source large language models, aiming to provide modular, high-performance AI infrastructure that supports these models, as part of their AI Factory initiative. This partnership includes enterprise-grade mobile workstations, powerful servers with advanced graphics processing units, and new cooling technology, all designed to enable optimized deployment of large language models for scalable, cost-efficient, and high-performance AI infrastructure tailored for AI workloads. Additionally, Dell Technologies is looking to integrate their services with advanced models like Meta’s Llama 3 and Microsoft’s Copilot, to facilitate the efficient deployment of these models in customers' environments, and is also focusing on AI security, governance, and lifecycle management to protect AI infrastructure and data.
