Nvidia and Schneider test a digital twin to rehearse AI data center upgrades

Nvidia and Schneider Electric are piloting a digital twin at Nscale’s SIN01 data center in Portugal to model how AI workloads interact with power and cooling systems. Reported benefits remain unverified against operating results.

• The pilot combines facility engineering and operational data with simulations of power and cooling, including tests of denser rack layouts.· 1 source
• The article identifies AVEVA, ETAP, Nscale and Start Campus among the participants and says the companies have not published SIN01 results on energy use, cooling efficiency or deployment time.· 1 source
• The SINES Data Campus is described as having 1.2 GW of design capacity and being expected to house more than 66,000 Nvidia Rubin GPUs; no deployment schedule is given.· 1 source