I've used Frigate for a few years with up to 5 cameras, but 100 might be pushing it for a single card. I'm fond of the Google Coral M.2 chips for inference like the software maintainer recommends. You would need about ~5-10 I'd guess, and 1 low tier GPU if you're not transcoding too much. I talked to the guy that made the project a few years ago when it was still small, and he helped me with FFmpeg parameters to get Cuda h.265 decoding. Which is also important, depending on your cameras. Maybe talk to him directly through GitHub.
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Check reeally carefully which cards (down to the make and model) are supported by Dell. Otherwise chances are good it simply won't work.
Dell also does CAD workstations, also as rack machines. Those are specifically built to contain one or more powerful GPUs. Maybe that's an option.