HPE, Lenovo, Dell, Giga Computing, NTT Data, and Nutanix once again prove to be loyal apostles of Nvidia with announcements of new AI factories built on Nvidia technology.
On the sidelines of the Nvidia GTC conference, several major server manufacturers and technology players are renewing their vows to Jensen Huang. Among others, HPE, Lenovo, Dell, Giga Computing, NTT Data, and Nutanix announced new solutions built around Nvidia technology last night or this morning—so-called ‘AI factories’.
An AI factory is essentially a supercomputer packed with Nvidia chips and supporting technology. Nvidia invented the term, and its partners are eagerly adopting the marketing narrative. All of them claim to aim to accelerate the adoption of scalable, secure enterprise AI with demonstrable ROI; sovereignty is also a popular card to play, as these parties specialize in hybrid cloud solutions.
Loyal apostles
First, let’s look at HPE. HPE has been a loyal ambassador of the AI factory story since 2024, when Antonio Neri and Jensen Huang launched ‘Private Cloud AI’ before a packed Sphere in Las Vegas. The announcements during GTC 2026 build further on that. HPE is integrating Nvidia Blackwell RTX Pro 4500 and RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPUs into its ProLiant servers and is preparing for the Vera Rubin generation.
Lenovo’s press release reads similarly. ThinkSystem and ThinkEdge servers are being equipped with Nvidia RTX Pro 4500 and RTX Pro 6000 chips and Blackwell Ultra, and Lenovo is announcing itself as a ‘launch partner’ for Vera Rubin NVL72. Lenovo has one extra card to play to please Nvidia: it is also equipping its ThinkPad laptops and ThinkStation workstations with Nvidia hardware.
Meanwhile, you can probably guess that Dell and Giga Computing, Gigabyte’s enterprise arm, are also announcing new custom-built servers for Nvidia. Dell is announcing several PowerEdge servers with Nvidia RTX Pro Blackwell and HGX Rubin GPUs and is equipping its Precision workstations with Blackwell chips. Giga Computing is launching Nvidia-powered supercomputers in various formats, from ‘deskside’ to AI supercomputers with 36 Vera CPUs and 72 Rubin GPUs.
NTT Data and Nutanix are showing themselves to be loyal partners of Nvidia in their own way. Japan’s NTT Data is positioning itself as a provider of Nvidia AI factories for data centers worldwide. Nutanix is leveraging its software expertise to support Nvidia hardware through software with the new Agentic AI platform. For hardware support, it relies on partners like Dell.
Same story, different flavors
The constant throughout the announcements, alongside promises regarding data sovereignty, scalability, and rapid return, is the strong hand of Nvidia. These so-called AI factories do not just contain Nvidia chips; partners are signing up for the total package to offer the full stack. Components such as Nvidia Ethernet-X, NIM, CUDA, NeMo, and Bluefield are invariably included in the package.
The main difference lies in which server everything runs on. During GTC, Nvidia can once again count on its loyal apostles to spread the gospel, while those partners are more than happy to get a piece of the company’s long-term success.