Digital Twin Integration for Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure

Vertiv, NVIDIA, and Dassault Systèmes have integrated their technologies to develop a digital twin functionality for converged physical infrastructure. The collaboration aims to optimize design, simulation, and deployment processes in artificial intelligence (AI) processing facilities. This joint system enables the technical validation of infrastructure before physical construction in high-density data centers.

Operational and Technical Challenges
The increase in density and capacity of computing deployments requires the efficient transformation of hardware generations into functional physical infrastructure. Conventional methods, based on static documentation and isolated handovers between power, cooling, and controls teams, face limitations in managing the requirements of modern facilities. The transition toward a model-based planning approach allows infrastructure to be designed and evaluated as a single interdependent system.

Technical Solution and Division of Responsibilities
The solution combines the Vertiv SmartRun digital model with the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint environment. Dassault Systèmes provides model-based systems engineering capabilities via its 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Vertiv supplies the configurable building blocks spanning power, cooling, and control systems. NVIDIA enables the integration of these elements using OpenUSD, SimReady assets, and thermal and operational simulation tools.
This joint architecture captures system configurations and dependencies in a virtual environment, reducing integration risks and late-stage design changes.

Applications and System Validation
The platform allows AI data center operators to evaluate infrastructure options and coordinate deployment with processing demands. Vladimir Troy, Vice President of AI Infrastructure at NVIDIA, indicates that facilities require an integral design linking computing and physical infrastructure, noting that incorporating Vertiv's platform into the Omniverse DSX Blueprint workflow helps prepare for multiple generations of accelerated computing. Furthermore, Scott Armul, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Vertiv, explains that the interdependent configuration of power and cooling workflows is necessary to maintain operational stability under high-capacity requirements.

Demonstration and Deployment
The system was presented during Computex Taipei, held in June 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan. At the event, the operation of converged physical infrastructure and its configurable digital twin for operations planning was demonstrated. Stéphane Sireau, Vice President of High-Tech Industry at Dassault Systèmes, points out that digital twins allow for the representation of complex systems alongside their configuration rules and dependencies, evolving toward industrialized systems engineering. The shared model establishes a digital foundation for commissioning, lifecycle assurance, and performance optimization in gigawatt-scale facilities.

Edited by an industrial journalist, Lekshman Ramdas, with AI assistance.

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