Data Center Infrastructure

Dell Technologies

High88% confidenceProfile verified Jul 28, 2026

Dell Technologies manufactures servers, storage systems and PCs, and has become a major seller of NVIDIA-powered AI infrastructure to enterprise data center customers. Dell closed FY2026 with record $113 billion total revenue and an AI-optimized server backlog that grew to $51.3 billion; its first quarter of fiscal 2027 (reported May 2026) showed AI server revenue of $16.1 billion, up 757% year-over-year, on $24.4 billion in new AI orders, prompting Dell to raise its FY2027 AI server revenue outlook to $60 billion.

Leading Indicators

Hiring and patent filing trends — the underlying numbers Momentum is computed from. Insider filing activity is tracked separately under Sources below.

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Additional Intelligence Signals

Patent citation lineage, earnings-call mentions, and federal contract disclosures — automatically collected, not yet visible anywhere else on the site.

Earnings-call mentions

Mentioned by Penguin Solutions

Recognized as Dell Technologies Global Alliances Americas AI Partner of the Year, highlighting Penguin s role in delivering full-stack AI Factory Platforms that combine infrastructure software, advanced memory technologies, compute systems, and services.

SEC 8-K exhibit (0001616533-26-000041) · Jul 7, 2026

Federal contract disclosures

Department of Defense — $121,003: ENTERPRISE ADVANCED BUNDLES FROM THE ICMSD III CONTRACT

USAspending.gov · Apr 17, 2026

Sources

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Evidence

3 sources · 1 government/SEC filing · 86% avg. source confidence

Insider Filing Activity

104Form 4 filings, trailing 90 days0 since last week's snapshot

Counts filing frequency only — transaction direction/size wasn't parseable from the sampled filings · sourced from SEC EDGAR · as of Jul 28, 2026

Correlated Activity

Both Dell Technologies and Cohere which it depends on — are showing accelerating Activity at the same time (2 recorded changes for Cohere in the last 90 days).

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Both Dell Technologies and HPE which it depends on — are showing accelerating Activity at the same time (2 recorded changes for HPE in the last 90 days).

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Both Dell Technologies and Lenovo which it depends on — are showing accelerating Activity at the same time (1 recorded change for Lenovo in the last 90 days).

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Dependency Map

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The Story So Far (last 6 months)

Mar 2026: Dell's AI server backlog reaches $51.3B as quarterly AI revenue surges 342%Mar 2026: Dell Technologies FY2026 Annual Report (Form 10-K), filed with the SECMay 2026: Dell's AI server revenue jumps 757% in a single quarter, raises FY27 AI server outlook to…Jul 2026: Launches PowerEdge XE8812 with Vera Rubin GPUs; analysts raise targets

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Dell Technologies's Timeline

A sourced, dated history of Dell Technologies's key moments — founding to present.

  1. Jan 1984 · Founded

    Dell Technologies was founded, later becoming a major seller of NVIDIA-powered AI server infrastructure to enterprise customers.

  2. Jan 2026 · AI server revenue jumps 757%

    Dell closed FY2026 with record $113 billion total revenue and a $51.3 billion AI-optimized server backlog, with quarterly AI server revenue up 757% year-over-year.

  3. Jul 2026 · Launches PowerEdge XE8812 with Vera Rubin GPUs; analysts raise targets

    Dell launched its new PowerEdge XE8812 AI server built with NVIDIA's Vera Rubin GPUs and liquid cooling, securing early wins at leading research institutions and national labs; Evercore ISI raised its price target to $500, JPMorgan to $550, and Morgan Stanley to $477, citing continued AI server revenue acceleration (Q1 FY2027 AI server revenue of $16.1 billion, up 757% YoY, on a $51.3 billion AI backlog across 5,000+ active AI customers).