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On October 8, 2026, Hewlett Packard Enterprise released the first batch of ProLiant Gen 13 servers, four models in total, all using the sixth-generation Epyc 9006 SP7 "Venice" CPUs that AMD released in June. According to The Next Platform, the flagship ProLiant DL585a is a 10U model supporting up to 8 dual-width GPUs and 2 256-core Epyc processors, with a planned launch in March 2027; the single-socket air-cooled 1U model DL525 will launch next month. HPE simultaneously upgraded its iLO 8 management software, adding automatic drive encryption/decryption and multi-party authorization to address the security needs of AI and agentic workloads. There are currently no subsequent developments.
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HPE Launches ProLiant Gen13 Servers, Shifting Toward CPU-GPU Balanced Enterprise AI
HPE has launched its first four ProLiant Gen13 servers based on AMD's sixth-generation Epyc 9006 SP7 (codenamed Venice), targeting enterprise AI inference, agentic AI and analytics, virtualization, and other traditional workloads. The flagship DL585a Gen13 supports up to 8 GPUs and two Venice processors, will launch in March 2027, and will be compatible with GPUs from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel; the DL525 is a 1U single-socket system with up to 256 cores, launching in November 2026. Gen13 also introduces iLO 8 automated security and post-quantum cryptography readiness.