Dell Launches PowerEge Xr8720T For Ai-Ready Edge Telecoms
ITBrief, Monday, October 6th, 2025
Dell Technologies has introduced the PowerEdge XR8720t, a server designed to streamline Cloud RAN and Open RAN deployments in telecommunications and edge computing environments.
The PowerEdge XR8720t is positioned as the industry's first single-server solution intended for these networks, aiming to reduce the complexity, space requirements, and deployment times commonly associated with multi-server setups traditionally required for telecom infrastructure.
Server capabilities
This compute platform consolidates radio access network (RAN) workloads in a ruggedised 2U server. With up to 72 processor cores and a 24 x 25G SFP28 port density, the XR8720t provides more than double the processing power compared to Dell's previous generation equipment while occupying a compact footprint suitable for space-constrained deployments, such as cell sites.