Dell launches new data centre hardware for AI and big data workloads

Following the massive refresh of its data centre hardware portfolio last year, Dell has launched a number of new product updates across its server, storage and hyper-converged infrastructure lines. The announcements, made as part of the company's inaugural Dell Technologies World conference, are targeted around data-driven digital transformation projects. Digital transformation is a big strategic focus for Dell, and a large part of what's driving the digital transformation revolution is machine learning and data analytics. In order to support these workloads, Dell has unveiled two new quad-socket PowerEdge servers, with support for up to four Xeon Scalable processors and 6TB of memory. Built to power data analytics workloads, the new 4U PowerEdge R940xa is designed to be a performance powerhouse.