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Data Centers and Digital Twins

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It’s often said today that data is the new oil, and there’s clearly plenty of truth to that. Everyone – and really, every thing – is producing massive amounts of data on a daily basis, and this data is driving some of the largest industries on the planet. The current boom is only making this data more valuable. One of the big drivers for this massive growth in data over the last decade is the shift to the cloud, meaning companies and people don’t need to hold their data “on-prem” anymore. The data still needs to be stored somewhere, though, and as a result data centers are taking an increasingly large chunk of the construction industry’s workload.

From an article in Geo Week by Matt Collins.

That growth is not expected to slow down any time soon, either, as data storage is only going to become more important. Consider, for example, one study that indicates the already robust global space of data center construction was worth $237 billion, and is expected to grow to $453.5 billion by 2033 for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.7 percent. However, all of these data centers lead to an existential question that faces all construction today: How do we ensure as little environmental damage as possible?

Like most other large problems facing the construction industry today, cutting edge technology is the answer. And in fact, data centers may be the reason some of these tools have become more mainstream. In conversations with industry insiders and experts, the proliferation of these projects is given as a reason for new technology being accepted as the owners of these centers are, almost by definition, tech savvy and thus expect the same from their contractors. In this case, digital twins are the key to ensuring sustainability for these structures.

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This is something that came up in a recent webinar hosted by the Digital Twin Consortium entitled Enabling a More Sustainable Future Through Virtual Twins. The presentation given by Dr. Charles Luzzato of Dassault Systèmes focused on more than just data centers, but a portion was dedicated to that specific case and how digital twins – or “virtual twin systems,” as Dassault Systèmes calls them – are helping to ensure minimal carbon emissions.

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