Soaring AI token costs increase the role of desktop PCs

Dell said rising cloud token costs and data-sovereignty concerns are making on-device inference a stronger option for enterprise AI PCs.

In agentic AI workflows, repeated queries can quickly increase API spend, especially when models rely heavily on cloud execution.

Dell argues that local inference can help enterprises balance flexibility, security, and cost as AI workflows spread.

The company sees enterprise PCs increasingly becoming part of the AI execution layer, not just endpoint hardware.