Bring AI to Data, Not Data to AI
Dell, Thursday, September 17th, 2026
Dell advocates running AI workloads where enterprise data already lives rather than moving data to AI.
Dell argues that moving large enterprise datasets to centralized AI environments is increasingly impractical on cost, latency, and compliance grounds.
The post advocates deploying AI compute adjacent to where data already resides, including on-premises and at the edge.
It describes the infrastructure implications for storage, networking, and GPU placement. The piece positions Dell's portfolio as enabling distributed AI without wholesale data migration.