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Creating Gigawatt AI Factory Blueprints with Digital Twins

Datacentremagazine · · 1142 words · By Ben Craske
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The article discusses the use of digital twin technology by companies like NVIDIA, Schneider Electric, and AVEVA to design and operate large-scale AI data centers. It highlights how virtual simulations are used to optimize power, cooling, and infrastructure before physical construction to reduce risk and increase efficiency.

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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“This shift from physical guesswork to digital certainty was heavily underscored at the recent NVIDIA GTC 2026 event, where energy technology leader Schneider Electric, industrial software specialist AVEVA and NVIDIA detailed a highly integrated approach to the lifecycle digital twin.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Schneider Electric, AVEVA, and NVIDIA unveiled a new lifecycle digital twin approach at NVIDIA GTC 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — Additionally, AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software owned by Schneider Electric, together with NVIDIA, has announced a new lifecycle digital twin architecture that maximizes GPU efficiency and…
https://www.se.com/ww/en/about-us/newsroom/news/press-releas…
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web search NEUTRAL — Rob McGreevy, Chief Product Officer, AVEVA said: "AI Factories are fast becoming the industrial-scale engines of the global digital economy. To drive this transformation, AVEVA and NVIDIA are creating…
https://www.aveva.com/en/about/news/press-releases/2026/avev…
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web search NEUTRAL — Schneider Electric has announced a new set of tools and reference designs developed with NVIDIA and AVEVA to support the design and operation of large-scale AI data centres. Unveiled at NVIDIA GTC 202…
https://datacentrereview.com/2026/03/schneider-electric-nvid…
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“Co-developed by AVEVA and NVIDIA, this architecture is now embedded throughout the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint and ecosystem.”
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Multiple sources confirm that AVEVA is integrating its solutions and collaborating with NVIDIA to embed this architecture into the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint.
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web search NEUTRAL — AVEVA is incorporating its solutions into the Omniverse DSX Blueprint, bringing benefits of digital twins to customers at every stage of the AI factory lifecycle
https://www.nafems.org/about-us/media/news/industrynews1003/…
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web search NEUTRAL — AVEVA is collaborating with NVIDIA to integrate its engineering and operations software into the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint, helping to enable the development of lifecycle digital twin architectur…
https://www.arcweb.com/blog/aveva-develops-lifecycle-digital…
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web search NEUTRAL — New AVEVA Lifecycle Digital Twin Architecture for Gigawatt-Scale AI Factories.After a system architecture is assembled in the NVIDIA Omniverse environment, AVEVA executes multi-domain simulations to v…
https://www.tradingview.com/news/reuters.com,2026-03-18:news…
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“A prime example is the newly unveiled reference design for the NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 racks.”
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The web search results for this claim returned general dictionary definitions of the word 'reference' and did not provide any information regarding 'NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 racks'.
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web search NEUTRAL — In academics and scholarship, a reference or bibliographical reference is a piece of information provided in a footnote or bibliography of a written work such as a book, article, essay, report, oratio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of REFERENCE is the act of referring or consulting. How to use reference in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reference
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web search NEUTRAL — REFERENCE definition: an act or instance of referring. See examples of reference used in a sentence.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/reference
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“Validated entirely through ETAP models for electrical system design and EcoStruxure IT Design computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for layout and airflow, the design provides a roadmap for powering and cooling ultra-dense rack-scale systems.”
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The provided evidence consists of general Wikipedia and official site information about NVIDIA and does not mention ETAP models or EcoStruxure IT Design in relation to the Vera Rubin NVL72 rack.
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web search NEUTRAL — On September 22, 2025, Nvidia and OpenAI announced a memorandum of understanding for a partnership wherein Nvidia would invest $100 billion into OpenAI, and OpenAI would use Nvidia chips and systems i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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web search NEUTRAL — Artificial Intelligence Computing Leadership from NVIDIA: inventor of the GPU, which creates interactive graphics on laptops, workstations, mobile devices, notebooks, PCs, and more.
http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html
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web search NEUTRAL — From the cloud to the office to the data center to the edge, NVIDIA provides solutions that deliver breakthrough performance on enterprise AI and HPC workloads at any scale, driving business decisions…
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/
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“Facilitating power distribution with an increased supply voltage of 480 VAC, alongside allowing a higher TCS loop supply temperature of 45°C to enhance overall cooling efficiency.”
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The provided evidence does not contain any technical specifications regarding 480 VAC or 45°C TCS loop temperatures for the mentioned hardware.
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web search NEUTRAL — On September 22, 2025, Nvidia and OpenAI announced a memorandum of understanding for a partnership wherein Nvidia would invest $100 billion into OpenAI, and OpenAI would use Nvidia chips and systems i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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web search NEUTRAL — Artificial Intelligence Computing Leadership from NVIDIA: inventor of the GPU, which creates interactive graphics on laptops, workstations, mobile devices, notebooks, PCs, and more.
http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html
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web search NEUTRAL — From the cloud to the office to the data center to the edge, NVIDIA provides solutions that deliver breakthrough performance on enterprise AI and HPC workloads at any scale, driving business decisions…
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/
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“Schneider Electric is bridging the gap between digital monitoring and autonomous action through the testing of the NVIDIA Nemotron model.”
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The evidence provided describes Schneider Electric's general business and Wikipedia entry, but does not mention the testing of the NVIDIA Nemotron model for alarm management.
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web search NEUTRAL — Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational corporation that specializes in energy technology, covering electrification, automation, and digitalization for industry and homes. [4][5][6]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneider_Electric
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web search NEUTRAL — As a global specialist in energy management, automation and digitalization in more than 100 countries, we offer integrated energy technology solutions across multiple market segments
https://www.se.com/us/en/
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web search NEUTRAL — Premier provider of transportation & logistics. One of the broadest range of supply chain & freight shipping solutions. Freight quotes. Load board.
https://schneider.com/
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“In partnership with Switch and NVIDIA, Schneider Electric has lent its expertise to Switch’s LDC EVO™ operating system.”
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Multiple sources explicitly state that Schneider Electric, in partnership with Switch and NVIDIA, provided expertise for Switch's LDC EVO operating system.
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web search NEUTRAL — With Schneider Electric and NVIDIA, Switch’s LDC EVO™ operating system delivers real-time automation and insight across our facilities—bringing together thermal modeling, electrical simulation, realit…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/switch-data-centers_schneider…
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web search NEUTRAL — “LDC EVO is the operating system for Switch’s EVO AI Factory, orchestrating the modular and configurable campus architecture that enables hybrid cooling and supports extreme AI densities,” said Zia Sy…
https://www.switch.com/switch-integrates-nvidia-omniverse-ds…
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web search NEUTRAL — Schneider Electric teams with NVIDIA to develop validated blueprints to design, simulate, build, operate and maintain gigawatt-scale AI Factories.In partnership with Switch and NVIDIA, Schneider Elect…
https://www.iiga.news/insight-out-posts/schneider-electric-t…
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“ETAP integrated its industry-leading electrical modelling into NVIDIA Omniverse”
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Two independent web search results confirm that ETAP integrated its electrical modeling into NVIDIA Omniverse.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia claimed that both models outperformed its Maxwell-based Titan X model; the models incorporate GDDR5X and GDDR5 memory respectively, and use a 16 nm manufacturing process.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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web search NEUTRAL — Leveraging the NVIDIA Omniverse™ Blueprint for AI factory digital twins, Schneider Electric and ETAP enable the development of digital twins that bring together multiple inputs for mechanical, thermal…
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/etap-schneider-electric-un…
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web search NEUTRAL — ETAP integrated its industry leading electrical modeling into NVIDIA Omniverse, creating a unified digital‑twin environment for rapid design and validation of complex power systems. This enables grid …
https://bdia.be/schneider-electric-teams-with-nvidia-to-deve…
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“In November 2025, Schneider Electric, along with ETAP and AVEVA, announced their membership to the Alliance for OpenUSD”
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No evidence was found after searching for the Alliance for OpenUSD membership in November 2025.
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“In October 2025, Schneider Electric announced its support of the NVIDIA-led industry transition to 800 VDC power architectures”
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No evidence was found after searching for Schneider Electric's support of 800 VDC power architectures in October 2025.
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“In September 2025, Schneider Electric announced new reference design supporting NVIDIA Mission Control and NVIDIA GB300 NVL72”
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