If it's going into industrial computing, then it's not going to ship with on-board GPIO but will probably instead have interface card in its mini-pcie slot that

If it's going into industrial computing, then it's not going to ship with on-board GPIO but will probably instead have interface card in its mini-pcie slot that will house a fieldbus controller - or it might even operate fieldbus from its main gigabit NIC. The fieldbus will then connect to relays, DI/DO, AI/AO etc. etc. including complex devices like motor controls, sensors, etc.