CFD-Calibrated Virtual Replica — Live Operations
Cadence Reality DC Digital Twin
The ultimate virtual replica of your physical data center — combining a detailed calibrated model with computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Unparalleled insight into cooling issues and deployment scenarios, connected to live data and customer workflows for seamless, up-to-date management.
Overview
Asset Twin + CFD = Full Operational Visibility
Reality DC Digital Twin includes everything in Asset Twin plus a powerful CFD solver — so you can test deployment options, failure scenarios, and cooling strategies in a safe virtual environment before changing the physical floor.
Calibrated to accurately reflect its physical counterpart and connected to live data, it stays continuously up to date — so the model you make decisions on always matches the data center you actually operate.
The Upgrade
Everything in Asset Twin — Plus CFD
Asset Twin tells you what's deployed. Digital Twin tells you how it behaves — and what would happen if you changed it.
Asset Twin gives you
- Operational insights & live dashboards
- Asset tracking across power / space / weight / ports
- Layout troubleshooting and "go / no-go" decisions
- "What's actually deployed" visibility
- DCIM / ITSM / monitoring data integration
Digital Twin adds
- CFD-solving for airflow and cooling analysis
- Failure-scenario testing for power, loading, cooling
- Deployment "what-if" simulation before equipment lands
- 3D visualisations of space / cooling / power at all levels
- ASHRAE, PUE, SLA compliance metric tracking
- Automated simulation scheduling & reporting
- Network connections — patch panels, servers, ports
Key Capabilities
CFD-Powered Operational Decision Making
Enhanced Capacity Visualisation
Validate IT placement and optimise space with resource-availability metrics across power, cooling, and physical capacity.
Safeguard with CFD
Test deployment and failure scenarios for different power, loading, and cooling options — without touching the live floor.
Maximise Energy Efficiency
Make sustainable decisions with carbon-usage analytics and energy-efficiency reporting — reduce cost and carbon footprint.
Cross-Team Collaboration
Combine data from multiple sources to streamline management — IT, facilities, ops, and sustainability in one shared view.
Industry Metrics
Monitor performance with ASHRAE thermal guidelines, power usage effectiveness (PUE), and SLA compliance metrics.
Task Automation
Schedule simulations, report generation, and model updates — automate the routine so the team can focus on decisions.
3D Visualisations
Plot space, cooling, and power views at room, row, and rack levels — the right altitude for every question.
Data Integration
Connect environmental monitors, ticketing software, DCIM, and more — live data flowing into the twin continuously.
Network Connections
Build and import port-to-port connections (patch panels, servers) for complete network-aware visibility.
Load Analysis
Analyse phase load balance, output power, breaker panel load, and schedules — power realities, not assumptions.
Cooling Scenarios
Test raised floors, fan walls, adiabatic evaporative cooling, liquid cooling — model the strategy before you spend on it.
Live Data Sync
Calibrated to its physical counterpart and connected to live data — the twin stays automatically updated.
Use Cases
Built for Today's Hardest Data-Center Problems
AI / High-Density GPU
Optimise hybrid DLC / immersion + air cooling for high-density GPU deployments. Validate CDU placement with flow-network modelling.
Liquid-Cooling Retrofit
Evaluate viability of liquid-cooling retrofit into existing air-cooled spaces — before signing the contract.
Failure Scenarios
Test what-ifs for cooling failures, power loss, breaker trips. Build resilience without waiting for the incident.
Energy & Scaling
Predictive simulation for fluctuating energy demand — support operational scaling aligned with sustainability goals.
Industries
Who Runs Reality DC Digital Twin
Finance
Cloud / Hyperscale
Automotive
Aerospace
Healthcare
AI Factories
HPC
Colocation
Enterprise
Telecom
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Works Well With
Reality DC Asset Twin
Subset of Digital Twin focused on asset management — start here if CFD isn't needed yet.
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Reality DC Design
Physics-based design for new data center builds — feed designs into Digital Twin once operational.
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Celsius Studio
The chip-to-enclosure thermal multiphysics platform — pairs with Reality DC at the facility level.
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A Digital Twin That Stays Calibrated to Reality
Talk to Craftronics about Reality DC Digital Twin — the full asset visibility of Asset Twin plus CFD-powered cooling and failure-scenario analysis.