Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) HPE Discover 2026 Keynote summary

Industry trends and technology shifts

• AI is driving a major platform shift, transforming business operations and design across industries.

• Workloads are increasingly managed by both end users and AI agents, requiring new architectures.

• Architecting for AI demands robust data foundations, scalable networking, and hybrid cloud models.

• The network is now both an enabler and a bottleneck for AI performance, especially at scale.

• Power and sustainability are emerging as critical challenges for future AI infrastructure.

Product and solution announcements

• Expanded ProLiant portfolio with DL394 Gen12 powered by NVIDIA Vera CPUs for agentic AI and edge workloads.

• Introduction of HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 and B10000 for unified, high-performance AI data pipelines.

• Launch of HPE Juniper Networking QFX5250 and QFX5140 switches for AI training and inference at scale.

• Enhanced HPE Private Cloud AI with agentic governance, secure operations, and multi-node inference.

• GreenLake Intelligence brings agentic AI to hybrid IT operations, automating and optimizing infrastructure.

Partnerships and ecosystem

• Collaboration with Vultr and NVIDIA to scale global AI infrastructure and support hyperscale growth.

• Siemens Energy partnership applies AI for predictive maintenance and digital twin technology.

• Expansion of the Unleash AI program with over 60 partners and hundreds of validated use cases.

• Deep collaboration with NVIDIA for accelerated computing, confidential computing, and sovereign AI solutions.

• Industry collaboration to advance hybrid quantum computing platforms for real-world deployment.