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Publication Date: 2026-03-01 22:15:00
Dell Technologies has expanded its Dell Private Cloud offering to support Nutanix, giving organisations reassessing virtualisation and infrastructure another option.
The update lets customers deploy Nutanix software on Dell infrastructure. It also adds configurations that pair Nutanix AHV with Dell external storage, which Dell says enables compute and storage to scale independently.
The announcement comes as many IT leaders review their reliance on single suppliers for core infrastructure. Dell cited research showing 52% of IT leaders are considering multiple hypervisors to reduce vendor lock-in.
Product Scope
Dell Private Cloud is a packaged private cloud offering that combines Dell compute, storage, and automation tooling. It is designed to provide a consistent deployment and operations model across different software stacks.
Nutanix support adds to existing options. Dell Private Cloud launched with VMware support and later expanded to include Red Hat OpenShift.
The Nutanix integration centres on Nutanix AHV, the hypervisor included with the Nutanix Cloud Platform. Customers can now run AHV with Dell PowerFlex storage, and Dell plans to add integration with Dell PowerStore later this summer.
Dell described the addition as part of a broader move towards disaggregated infrastructure, where organisations scale compute and storage independently rather than expanding a fixed, tightly coupled system.
Operational Tools
Customers using Nutanix will be able to…
