HPE unveils new ProLiant servers with quantum security edge

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has unveiled eight new HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers to enhance security, performance, and AI-driven management features.

The new servers integrate the forthcoming Intel Xeon 6 processors and aim to optimise performance for complex workloads in data centre and edge environments. These servers have industry-first security capabilities, including quantum computing-resistant features and HPE's secure enclave technology.

Loh Khai Peng, Vice President and Managing Director of Singapore and Southeast Asia, HPE, said, "Across Asia Pacific, enterprises are grappling with unprecedented data growth and increasingly complex workloads. Our new HPE ProLiant Gen12 servers directly address this need for greater compute performance and workload management while focusing on two critical priorities in our region: security and sustainability."

"With quantum computing-resistant capabilities and HPE's secure enclave technology, we're providing enterprise customers industry-leading protection against existing and emerging threats. Critically, the portfolio's exceptional energy efficiency delivers up to 65% power savings annually to help ease power demands on data centres."

HPE highlights the security advancements of their new server portfolio, emphasising safeguards built into every layer, from chip to cloud, throughout the entire server lifecycle. The servers utilise HPE Integrated Lights Out (iLO) 7, featuring a dedicated security processor labelled secure enclave, a proprietary development by HPE. This processor is engineered to safeguard organisations against future threats and meets the requirements for a high-level cryptographic security standard, the FIPS 140-3 Level 3 certification.

The servers also enhance security with chip-enhanced features that help protect against firmware attacks, extending protection throughout HPE's trusted supply chain. This security framework ensures continuity until the end of the product lifecycle with services like HPE Onsite Decommission Services.

AI-driven insights are set to revolutionise operations management, energy efficiency, and automation in these servers. Using HPE Compute Ops Management, a cloud-based platform, customers can automate server environments with proactive, predictive features that forecast power usage, helping to manage costs and carbon emissions. A global map view enables instant identification of server health issues, and multi-vendor toolset integration aims to reduce server downtime by up to 4.8 hours per year.

The new servers accommodate diverse and demanding workloads, including data analytics, AI, edge computing, hybrid cloud, and virtual desktop infrastructure solutions. They promise more significant energy efficiency and reduced costs, claiming to deliver up to 65% annual power savings and 41% better performance per watt than previous systems.

William Bell, Executive Vice President of Products at phoenixNAP, said, "Partnering with reliable, innovative hardware vendors like HPE helps us meet the evolving needs of our clients and empower them with comprehensive, workload-optimised IT infrastructure solutions."

"We were the first customer in the world to order HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers and the benefits of the upgrade were immediate. By delivering these advanced technologies as a service, phoenixNAP enables organisations of all sizes to tackle challenges related to performance, energy efficiency, data security, and infrastructure management at scale."

HPE offers direct liquid cooling options on Intel-based HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers to improve energy efficiency. These solutions remove heat more effectively than traditional air cooling methods and are part of HPE's broader strategy to deliver energy-efficient data centres.

Six of these eight new servers, including models such as the HPE ProLiant DL320 and DL360 Gen12, will be available in the first quarter of 2025. Additional models are expected by the summer of 2025. Customers can purchase these servers either standalone or through HPE GreenLake, which provides scalable and cost-efficient solutions. HPE Services also supports customers with advisory and operational services to optimise these new server technologies.