Dell Technologies has expanded its commercial PC portfolio in India with a new range of AI-focused Precision workstations aimed at engineers, designers, architects, developers and other professional users. Alongside the hardware, the company also introduced Dell Deskside Agentic AI, a platform that enables organizations to deploy and run AI agents locally instead of relying entirely on cloud infrastructure.

The launch reflects a broader shift in enterprise computing, where organizations are increasingly looking for systems capable of handling AI inferencing, large language models, simulation workloads and advanced content creation directly on-device.

The new workstation lineup includes the Dell Pro Precision 5 Series, Dell Pro Precision 7 Series and the Dell Pro Precision 7 T1, with prices starting at Rs. 89,000.

Dell says its Deskside Agentic AI platform combines its high-performance workstations with NVIDIA AI hardware, the open-source NVIDIA NeMo framework, CrowdStrike security tools and Dell's enterprise services. The idea is to let businesses run AI agents locally, helping reduce cloud costs while addressing concerns around latency, privacy and data sovereignty.

The announcement comes as enterprises increasingly experiment with agentic AI, where AI systems can independently perform multi-step tasks instead of responding to individual prompts.

According to an IDC InfoBrief commissioned by Dell Technologies and Intel, 95% of organizations surveyed across Asia Pacific expect workstations to play an important role in their AI initiatives over the next two years. In India, 95% of respondents reported higher productivity among workstation users, while 76% expect workstations to make up a larger share of their PC fleet over the next five years. The survey also found that organizations are increasingly using workstations for AI deployment and data preparation.

"The nature of professional work is changing rapidly. Data-intensive workflows, real-time collaboration and on-device AI are becoming central to how teams operate," said Indrajit Belgundi, Senior Director and General Manager, Client Solutions Group India at Dell Technologies. He added that the company wants to help organizations move AI projects from experimentation to production without relying solely on cloud infrastructure.

AI-focused workstation lineup

The Dell Pro Precision 5 Series is designed for mainstream professional workloads, offering Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors or AMD Ryzen AI 400 processors depending on the configuration. Dell says its new 14S model is the company's lightest and thinnest mobile workstation to date, weighing around 1.4 kilograms. Systems can be configured with up to 64GB of memory and integrated professional graphics for AI-assisted workflows.

For users requiring more graphics performance, the Precision 5 Series is available with optional NVIDIA RTX Blackwell GPUs, up to 4TB of PCIe Gen5 SSD storage and Intel Core Ultra processors featuring dedicated NPUs capable of delivering up to 50 TOPS of AI performance.

The higher-end Dell Pro Precision 7 Series targets professionals working on AI development, engineering simulations, visualization and large datasets. Configurations include NVIDIA RTX Pro Blackwell graphics, up to 64GB of LPDDR5x memory and as much as 8TB of PCIe Gen5 storage.

Dell also introduced the Precision 7 T1 desktop workstation, powered by Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors with dedicated NPUs for local AI workloads.

Across the range, Dell has included Wi-Fi 7, Thunderbolt 4 connectivity, HDMI 2.1, infrared cameras for video conferencing and enterprise security features including TPM 2.0, ControlVault 3 Plus authentication and Dell Trusted Workspace protections.

Dell bets on local AI infrastructure

Alongside the workstation refresh, Dell is positioning Deskside Agentic AI as an alternative to cloud-based AI deployments.

The platform is available in multiple configurations. Dell Pro Max with GB10 targets developers and smaller teams working with models between roughly 30 billion and 200 billion parameters, while the higher-end Dell Pro Max with GB300 is designed for organizations deploying frontier-scale models ranging from approximately 120 billion to one trillion parameters.

Dell says running AI workloads locally can significantly reduce infrastructure costs over time compared to cloud APIs while also giving organizations greater control over sensitive data.

Pricing and availability

The Dell Pro Precision 5 Series starts at Rs. 1,49,000, while the Precision 7 Series starts at Rs. 2,25,000. The Precision 7 T1 desktop begins at Rs. 89,000.

Dell's Pro Max with GB10 AI system is priced from Rs. 49.9 lakh, while the more powerful GB300 configuration is expected to launch later this year. The new Precision 5 Series 14S and 16S models will become available in India from August.