Dell says AI PCs are taking over Asia Pacific with India leading the charge

Dell Technologies has unveiled a strategic roadmap for the next phase of enterprise AI in Asia Pacific, revealing that the technology is moving out of the “experimentation” phase and into the hands of everyday employees. According to new research from IDC, commissioned by Dell and Intel, the region is shifting toward a distributed AI model with India leading the adoption.This approach places high-speed intelligence directly on user devices to improve privacy, reduce costs, and improve productivity, the report said.For businesses in 2026, AI is no longer just a cloud-based experiment. It is becoming a “continuum” that spans from the laptop on a desk to the high-powered workstation in a lab. By running AI locally on devices, companies avoid the “toll” of constant cloud connectivity and gain better control over sensitive data.According to the report, organisations with a high percentage of AI PCs in their fleet report saving 2.17 hours per employee, per day, which translates to a 30% jump in productivity. Moreover, 80% of Asia Pacific organisations believe AI PCs will be the primary way to deploy “Agentic AI” (AI that can perform complex tasks autonomously).The report shows that 48% of organisations in the region have already deployed AI PCs. In India, that number is even higher at 51%, fueled by a tech-savvy workforce and a focus on data sovereignty.Key findings of the report say that 76% of Indian organisations prioritise advanced Neural Processing Units (NPUs) as their top buying criterion. Further, 65% of regional organisations are happy to pay a 10% premium for AI-capable hardware, viewing it as "core infrastructure" rather than a luxury.As per the report, 95% of organisations expect workstations to play a “critical” role in their AI plans over the next two years, and an equal percentage of surveyed Indian organisations report higher productivity among workstation users, particularly for tasks like fraud detection in banking and content rendering in media.“The next phase of AI will not be defined by a single environment. AI PCs are extending AI into everyday workflows, while workstations are helping organisations industrialise more advanced, specialised use cases,” Dell noted.