At Dell Technologies World 2026, Dell Technologies announced a new expansion of the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA focused on production-ready agentic AI deployments, introducing Dell Deskside Agentic AI alongside broader support for NVIDIA OpenShell and AI-Q 2.0 infrastructure.
The announcement reflects a growing enterprise shift toward running AI agents closer to local infrastructure rather than relying entirely on cloud-based deployments. Dell says the approach is designed to address rising AI inference costs, data sovereignty concerns, and the operational complexity of scaling autonomous AI systems.
The centerpiece of the launch is Dell Deskside Agentic AI, a solution built around Dell high-performance workstations, NVIDIA NemoClaw software, and Dell Services. The platform is designed to let enterprises deploy and run autonomous AI agents locally while maintaining tighter control over sensitive data and infrastructure costs.
According to Dell, the solution supports workloads ranging from 30-billion-parameter models up to trillion-parameter AI systems depending on hardware configuration.
The lineup includes systems such as Dell Pro Max with GB10 for smaller-scale agent prototyping, Dell Pro Precision 9 workstation towers for larger enterprise AI workloads, and Dell Pro Max with GB300 powered by NVIDIA Grace Blackwell technology for frontier-scale inference deployments.
Dell says the solution is aimed at enterprise use cases including coding assistants, research agents, and AI deployments in regulated sectors where privacy and governance remain critical requirements.
Another major part of the announcement is the expansion of NVIDIA OpenShell support across the full Dell AI Factory stack. OpenShell acts as a sandboxed runtime environment for AI agents, allowing enterprises to build, deploy, monitor, and govern autonomous AI systems with security and privacy controls across both workstations and data center infrastructure.
Dell also introduced support for NVIDIA AI-Q 2.0, positioned as a reference architecture for deploying multi-agent workflows across enterprise environments. The platform is designed for industries such as financial services, manufacturing, and the public sector where AI systems often require on-premise deployments and stricter operational controls.
The company says Dell Deskside Agentic AI can significantly reduce enterprise AI costs compared to cloud-based APIs, with Dell citing internal and third-party analysis claiming organizations could reduce spending by as much as 87% over two years depending on workload type and deployment scale.
Jeff Clarke, Chief Operating Officer at Dell Technologies, said enterprises increasingly need AI systems that operate closer to their data rather than fully in the cloud, positioning local AI infrastructure as a long-term enterprise deployment model.
Justin Boitano said the collaboration between Dell and NVIDIA is focused on creating a unified infrastructure stack that allows enterprises to develop AI locally while scaling securely across larger AI factory deployments.
Dell confirmed that Dell Deskside Agentic AI, NVIDIA OpenShell integration, and the Dell-NVIDIA AI-Q 2.0 Reference Architecture are available immediately.
The announcement reflects a growing enterprise shift toward running AI agents closer to local infrastructure rather than relying entirely on cloud-based deployments. Dell says the approach is designed to address rising AI inference costs, data sovereignty concerns, and the operational complexity of scaling autonomous AI systems.
The centerpiece of the launch is Dell Deskside Agentic AI, a solution built around Dell high-performance workstations, NVIDIA NemoClaw software, and Dell Services. The platform is designed to let enterprises deploy and run autonomous AI agents locally while maintaining tighter control over sensitive data and infrastructure costs.
According to Dell, the solution supports workloads ranging from 30-billion-parameter models up to trillion-parameter AI systems depending on hardware configuration.
The lineup includes systems such as Dell Pro Max with GB10 for smaller-scale agent prototyping, Dell Pro Precision 9 workstation towers for larger enterprise AI workloads, and Dell Pro Max with GB300 powered by NVIDIA Grace Blackwell technology for frontier-scale inference deployments.
Dell says the solution is aimed at enterprise use cases including coding assistants, research agents, and AI deployments in regulated sectors where privacy and governance remain critical requirements.
Another major part of the announcement is the expansion of NVIDIA OpenShell support across the full Dell AI Factory stack. OpenShell acts as a sandboxed runtime environment for AI agents, allowing enterprises to build, deploy, monitor, and govern autonomous AI systems with security and privacy controls across both workstations and data center infrastructure.
Dell also introduced support for NVIDIA AI-Q 2.0, positioned as a reference architecture for deploying multi-agent workflows across enterprise environments. The platform is designed for industries such as financial services, manufacturing, and the public sector where AI systems often require on-premise deployments and stricter operational controls.
The company says Dell Deskside Agentic AI can significantly reduce enterprise AI costs compared to cloud-based APIs, with Dell citing internal and third-party analysis claiming organizations could reduce spending by as much as 87% over two years depending on workload type and deployment scale.
Jeff Clarke, Chief Operating Officer at Dell Technologies, said enterprises increasingly need AI systems that operate closer to their data rather than fully in the cloud, positioning local AI infrastructure as a long-term enterprise deployment model.
Justin Boitano said the collaboration between Dell and NVIDIA is focused on creating a unified infrastructure stack that allows enterprises to develop AI locally while scaling securely across larger AI factory deployments.
Dell confirmed that Dell Deskside Agentic AI, NVIDIA OpenShell integration, and the Dell-NVIDIA AI-Q 2.0 Reference Architecture are available immediately.
