TECH & AI
Simulating success before the build The core of this new digital-first methodology lies in a lifecycle digital twin architecture designed to accelerate the deployment of AI factories while maximising token revenue per megawatt. Co-developed by AVEVA and NVIDIA, this architecture is now embedded throughout the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint and ecosystem.
Rather than treating the data centre as a collection of isolated systems, this approach brings all components into a unified virtual environment. Once a system architecture is assembled within NVIDIA Omniverse, AVEVA’ s software executes multidomain simulations to validate how the facility will behave under realistic, high-stress conditions.
These computational models test power distribution, thermal dynamics, airflow performance and control systems simultaneously. Crucially, they enable engineers to rapidly evaluate multiple scenarios across a wide range of loads and environmental conditions.
“ By combining advanced software, digital twins and validated reference designs, operators can simulate and optimise infrastructure before a single rack is deployed,” Manish explains.“ This approach reduces risk, accelerates deployment and ensures the efficiency and resilience needed to power the next generation of AI factories.”
This domain-specific simulation directly targets a critical metric for AI operators: time-to-token.
“By combining advanced software, digital twins and validated reference designs, operators can simulate and optimise infrastructure before a single rack is deployed”
Manish Kumar Executive Vice President, Secure Power & Data Centers Schneider Electric
By finalising system verification in a digital environment, operators can drastically reduce engineering cycles and improve deployment accuracy in the physical world.
“ Gigawatt-scale AI factories demand a fundamentally new class of energyefficient and highly predictable infrastructure,” says Vladimir Troy, Vice President of AI Infrastructure at NVIDIA.“ Together, NVIDIA and Schneider Electric are providing the power, cooling, and digital twin architectures needed to accelerate time-to-token for our customers worldwide.”
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