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HPE Boosts Networking Forecast on AI Demand | Bloomberg Businessweek

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HPE Boosts Networking Forecast on AI Demand | Bloomberg Businessweek – Bloomberg Businessweek Daily

Summary

HPE’s networking business is getting a lift from AI infrastructure spending, and Marie Myers said the company is seeing “phenomenal momentum” from demand tied to data-center buildouts. She linked that demand to the company’s expanded networking position after the Juniper Networks acquisition, saying HPE now has a stronger entree into the data center and can participate more directly in AI infrastructure projects.

Myers pointed to the $1.2 billion Vultr order and an earlier Oracle deal as evidence that HPE networking is moving into the center of the AI stack. She said the new Helios AI rack and switch reflect rising performance requirements, while also helping HPE win share across its portfolio. HPE raised revenue outlooks, cost synergies, and AI orders, and Myers framed that as a sign of continued momentum rather than a one-off.

She also argued that HPE’s long-standing work in liquid cooling and supercomputing is becoming more relevant as customers worry about power and efficiency. For the traditional server business, she said orders were up 70% year over year and that inference is becoming a tailwind. Myers described AI adoption as still early, which is why she believes the current growth trajectory can last.

Key takeaways

  • Marie Myers said HPE is seeing “phenomenal momentum” from AI-driven networking demand after the Juniper acquisition.
  • Myers said the $1.2 billion Vultr order and the Oracle deal put HPE networking “right in the heart of the data center.”
  • She said HPE raised revenue outlooks, cost synergies, and AI orders while also planning to take market share across networking.
  • Myers said traditional server orders were up 70% year over year and that inference is becoming a tailwind for that business.
  • She argued HPE’s liquid-cooling heritage and supercomputing experience support its push into power-efficient AI infrastructure.

Notable quotes

“we're in a in a moment of time where there's just phenomenal momentum driven by AI and architecture”

— Marie Myers at 1:20

“now has a firm entree into the data center”

— Marie Myers at 7:14

“we plan to take market share uh across the the different lines of business and networking”

— Marie Myers at 8:50

“Our orders in the the last earnings were up, you know, 70% on a year-on-year basis”

— Marie Myers at 13:09

“we're in the early innings of AI adoption”

— Marie Myers at 16:16

How the episode opens

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We're going to keep our conversation going here about AI, the buildout that's uh being caused as a result of it. Um, as we talk to the CFO of Hulip Packard Enterprise, HPE, she joins us now. That's Marie Myers.

Great to have you with us. I know that you were listening to some of that conversation there. So maybe I could begin just by getting your perspective on sort of where things stand.

Of course you have heard uh those who are anxious about what this might mean for humanity, those on kind of the dumer end of of the spectrum here, but you are integrally involved here in the wider buildout of the systems that are buffeting and powering this this AI renaissance. How how are you feeling about this moment? How should we think about the moment from your vantage?

Well, good afternoon Dave Christina. It's an absolute pleasure to be with you this afternoon. And I've actually just come from our investor day here in Sunnyvil uh on our networking business.

And clearly, you know, we're in a in a moment of time where there's just phenomenal momentum driven by AI and architecture and and also just in terms of like, you know, how AI is really transforming work and our lives. I mean, I use AI personally every day and I've been a very strong advocate in my role as a CFO of HPE and actually building agents to help us run our own business and we've seen tremendous success and transforming, you know, workflows, frankly, that we've had for decades that perhaps were somewhat, you know, useful, but today I'm seeing just enormous change and it's really benefiting the way we work.

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Topics

  • ai demand
  • networking revenue forecast
  • cloud spending
  • hpe juniper acquisition
  • operating margin outlook

Companies and tickers mentioned

  • HPE
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
  • Vultr
  • Juniper Networks

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