Bloomberg Talks Dell and DOE Talk Partnering on Building AI Infrastructure
Mar 12, 2026
Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Technologies, leads enterprise infrastructure and AI systems at scale. Darío Gil, Under Secretary for Science at the U.S. Department of Energy, runs national lab computing and AI programs. They discuss building national AI infrastructure and accelerated supercomputer timelines. They cover security-first design, supply bottlenecks like memory and chips, and energy needs to power AI.
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Government Projects Are Shifting To Production
- Government projects are moving from pilot to production with open, scalable platforms enabling national lab science.
- Michael Dell highlights the Doudna cluster as an example and says Dell built platforms for science across space and field deployments.
AI As The Core Of A Computing Revolution
- AI is central to a computing revolution aimed at doubling productivity across America's R&D ecosystem.
- Darío Gil cites the Genesis mission and says AI will transform science, national security, energy, and health research.
Supercomputers Are Being Built Much Faster
- Supercomputing build timelines have compressed from a decade to roughly two years.
- Darío Gil notes early access to NVIDIA GPU nodes for the Doudna system and expects operational service by mid-2027.