Dell's structural demand for AI servers and traditional servers is durable beyond fiscal 2027-28, driven by a shortage in compute demand, strong supply chain relationships (especially with Nvidia), and operational scale. The guidance increase of $25-27 billion for AI servers and $15-17 billion for traditional businesses shows legs, and margins are improving. This is not a one-time move but a multi-year opportunity.
Cisco's corporate networking growth has been growing phenomenally at higher margins, as heard from its results, adding another positive networking read-through alongside the AI server ecosystem strength.
HPE should report similar server-side upside because it is one of only a few US and global vendors in the market, and its networking side is also going gangbusters, which adds a revenue boost and a margin boost on top of the server strength.