

Dell forecasts upbeat fiscal 2025 on AI server demand
Dell Technologies forecast annual revenue and profit above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, betting on demand for its artificial intelligence servers, sending the company's shares up more than 16% in after-hours trading.
Dell is a beneficiary of rising demand for its AI servers that are equipped with chip designer Nvidia's graphics processing units (GPUs), which helps to meet the demands of high-performance computing.
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The PC market is also showing signs of recovery following a slowdown in revenue that began in 2022 from the peaks touched during the pandemic, as the boom in work-from-home demand for PCs and electronics faded.
«We remain bullish on the coming PC refresh cycle and the longer-term impact of AI on the PC market,» CFO Yvonne McGill said on a post-earnings call.
Also in after-hours trading on Thursday, shares in rival server maker Hewlett Packard Enterprise dropped 3.7% after it forecast quarterly revenue below Wall Street estimates.
Another competitor, Lenovo Group last week reported strong quarterly earnings, with