By Ross Kelly
Publication Date: 2026-04-30 13:01:00
HPE has announced an expansion of its ProLiant Cutting Edge Walletwith a particular focus on supporting organizations operating in “hostile environments”.
The new HPE ProLiant Compute EL2000 chassis, which supports up to two HPE ProLiant Compute EL220 Gen12 servers or one EL240 Gen12 server, is designed specifically for applications in manufacturing, retail, telecommunications and homeland security.
According to HPE, the new servers feature a number of performance improvements compared to previous generations and can scale from eight to 144 Intel Xeon 6 cores.
The EL240 Gen12 server is also available with Nvidia RTX Pro 4500 or Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell server edition GPU.
Durability is a key aspect here, according to HPE. The new range of servers can operate in extreme temperatures ranging between -40 degrees Celsius and 55 degrees Celsius, as well as in environments with up to 95% humidity.
They are also designed to compensate for strong vibrations from airplanes or ground vehicles, such as…
