Dell expands AI Factory with NVIDIA: 256-Vera CPU rack and Groq 3 inference rack

At NVIDIA GTC Berlin, Dell expanded its AI Factory with NVIDIA, adding a 48U PowerEdge M9882 rack with 256 NVIDIA Vera CPUs, the PowerEdge XE9810 inference system on Groq 3 LPUs, a two-socket Vera server and a 64GB Pro Precision with GB10. Software is available now, hardware ships between this month and early 2027, and the platform has passed 6,500 customers, up from 5,000 last quarter.

• M9882: 256 Vera CPUs at 88 cores each, 22,528 cores per rack, due Q1 2027
• XE9810 is Dell's first Groq 3 LPU rack, with 16 liquid-cooled compute trays
• Two-socket Vera R8822 server ships this month with support for up to four GPUs
• Pro Precision with GB10 gets 64GB memory on October 23; clusters up to eight nodes