Michael Dell says ‘at some point there’ll be too many’ AI data centers, but not yet

Michael Dell says ‘at some point there’ll be too many’ AI data centers, but not yet


Dell CEO Michael Dell: AI demand is very solid

Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell said Tuesday that while demand for computing power is “tremendous,” the production of artificial intelligence data centers will eventually top out.

“I’m sure at some point there’ll be too many of these things built, but we don’t see any signs of that,” Dell said on “Closing Bell: Overtime.”

The hardware maker’s server networking business grew 58% last year and was up 69% last quarter, Dell said. As large language models have evolved to more multimodal and multi-agent systems, the demand for AI processing power and capacity has continued to be strong.

Dell’s AI servers are powered by Nvidia‘s Blackwell Ultra chips. The company then sells its devices to customers like cloud service provider CoreWeave and xAI, Elon Musk’s startup.

Dell shares rose over 3% Tuesday after increasing its expected long-term revenue and profit growth in an analyst meeting.

The computer maker raised its expected annual revenue growth to 7% to 9%, up from its previous target of 3% to 4%, with diluted earnings per share now expected to be 15% higher, up from its previous 8% target.

The company reported strong second-quarter earnings in August, and said it planned to ship $20 billion worth of AI servers in fiscal 2026. That is double what it sold last year.

Stock Chart IconStock chart icon

hide content

Dell year-to-date stock chart.



Source

Broadcom set to report earnings after the bell
Technology

Broadcom set to report earnings after the bell

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan speaks at the digital X event in Cologne, Germany, on September 13, 2022. Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty Images Broadcom is set to report fiscal first-quarter results after market close on Wednesday. Here’s what analysts polled by LSEG are expecting: Earnings per share: $2.03 adjusted Revenue: $19.18 billion At that […]

Read More
Apple announces MacBook Neo, its first budget laptop in over a decade
Technology

Apple announces MacBook Neo, its first budget laptop in over a decade

Apple MacBook Neo Source: Apple Inc. For years, the cheapest way into the Mac lineup was a $999 laptop. On Wednesday, Apple cut that price nearly in half. The company unveiled the MacBook Neo, a colorful, lightweight laptop powered by an iPhone-grade chip. The launch caps a three-day hardware blitz that has already seen refreshes […]

Read More
Defense tech companies are dropping Claude after Pentagon’s Anthropic blacklist
Technology

Defense tech companies are dropping Claude after Pentagon’s Anthropic blacklist

Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images Following the Trump administration’s decision on Friday to blacklist Anthropic and designate its technology a supply chain risk, defense tech companies are telling employees to […]

Read More