Dell Raises FY2027 Revenue Forecast to $192 Billion as AI Server Demand Surges

Dell raises its FY2027 revenue forecast to $192 billion as AI server orders hit a record and traditional infrastructure demand accelerates.
Dell Technologies raised its full-year fiscal 2027 revenue forecast by $25 billion after reporting record second-quarter revenue and stronger-than-expected demand for AI infrastructure. The company now expects FY2027 revenue of $192 billion, up 69% from the previous year, while non-GAAP diluted earnings per share is forecast at $25.50, up 148%.
For the quarter ended July 31, revenue reached $46.97 billion, an increase of 58% from a year earlier. Diluted earnings per share rose 273% to $6.34, while non-GAAP diluted earnings per share increased 203% to $7.04. Dell also generated $2.2 billion in operating cash flow and returned $4.3 billion to shareholders during the quarter.
The strongest growth came from the company's Infrastructure Solutions Group, where revenue rose 89% to $31.8 billion. AI-optimized server revenue reached $16.4 billion, traditional servers and networking generated $10.5 billion, and storage revenue increased 26% to $4.9 billion.
The result follows a shift already visible in Dell's business. Earlier in the year, Dell's AI server revenue had surpassed its PC business as AI infrastructure became a major source of Dell's growth.
AI Server Orders Reach Record Levels
Dell booked a record $60.9 billion in AI server orders during the quarter and ended July with an AI server backlog of $95 billion.
Jeff Clarke, vice chairman and chief operating officer of Dell Technologies, said the company had booked more than $130 billion in AI server orders over the preceding 12 months. On the earnings call, Clarke said demand was coming from neocloud providers, sovereign customers and enterprises, with Dell's AI customer count exceeding 6,500.
Dell's AI-optimized server revenue forecast of $74 billion for FY2027 represents 200% growth from the previous year. Six months earlier, the company had expected growth of roughly 103%.
The third-quarter outlook calls for $49 billion in revenue and $6.50 in non-GAAP diluted earnings per share. Dell expects Infrastructure Solutions Group revenue to increase roughly 145% year over year, supported by approximately $19 billion in AI server revenue.
AI demand is also increasing demand for the infrastructure surrounding the servers. Dell has been building systems spanning compute, storage and networking, while recent product launches have focused on helping enterprises run AI workloads alongside existing data-center environments. The company has also introduced PowerEdge AI servers, storage systems and automation capabilities, as outlined in Dell's recent expansion of its AI server and storage stack.
Dell also said it became the first company to ship rack systems engineered on the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform. NVIDIA has separately identified Dell among the system manufacturers developing high-density Vera Rubin systems.
Traditional Servers and Storage Join the Growth
Demand for conventional data-center infrastructure is rising alongside AI server demand.
Traditional servers and networking revenue increased 122% year over year to $10.53 billion. Clarke said much of that demand was coming from existing enterprise customers refreshing aging data-center infrastructure, while security and resiliency requirements were creating additional reasons to replace older systems.
Dell said it still has about 1.2 million assets based on 14th-generation or older server technology in its installed base. The company expects customers to consolidate those systems onto newer generations as they seek higher compute capacity and greater efficiency.
AI workloads are increasing demand for conventional infrastructure as enterprises add CPU capacity. Clarke said enterprises increasingly need CPU compute capacity for AI and agentic workloads, adding another source of demand for traditional servers.
Storage revenue rose to $4.85 billion, with Dell pointing to demand for its own storage portfolio and growing requirements to prepare, manage and protect the larger volumes of data associated with AI. The company's storage portfolio includes PowerStore, PowerScale, ObjectScale and other products.
That makes storage an increasingly important part of the AI infrastructure cycle. Dell's work on storage for AI deployments has focused on connecting enterprise data with the compute and analytics systems required for AI workloads.
Client Solutions Group revenue increased 20% to $15.03 billion. Commercial client revenue rose 22%, while consumer revenue increased 7%.
Supply Constraints Remain a Limiting Factor
Dell's stronger outlook comes as the company continues to operate within a constrained hardware supply environment.
Clarke said on the earnings call that demand was exceeding available supply and identified DRAM and NAND among the most significant constraints. He also cited shortages involving CPUs, disk drives, optical components and several other parts of the semiconductor supply chain.
Dell has been adjusting how it allocates available components. Clarke said the company redirected some supply toward infrastructure after seeing signs of a softer PC market in the second half of the year. The company's ability to optimize available supply contributed to its decision to raise the full-year revenue outlook.
Higher component costs are also contributing to the revenue increase, so the growth reflects both pricing and demand.
Memory supply is also under pressure across the AI infrastructure market. The strain AI data centers are putting on memory-chip supply provides context for the component shortages Dell described during its earnings call.
Dell's first six months of FY2027 produced $90.8 billion in revenue, up 71% year over year, and $11.90 in non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, up 208%. The company expects operating expenses to reach approximately 8% of revenue for the full year, which it described as the lowest level in its 42-year history.
Dell is seeing demand from AI servers, data-center modernization, traditional compute and storage, while supply constraints remain a key factor in how quickly it can fulfill customer orders.
Key Takeaways
- Dell raises FY2027 revenue forecast to $192 billion, driven by record AI server demand.
- Achieves 58% revenue growth in Q2, reaching $46.97 billion with significant earnings increases.
- Infrastructure Solutions Group revenue surges 89%, highlighting strong AI-optimized server sales.
- Returns $4.3 billion to shareholders while generating $2.2 billion in operating cash flow.
- Forecasts non-GAAP diluted earnings per share at $25.50, up 148% from previous year.