en.Wedoany.com Reported - Cadence Design Systems has announced an expanded collaboration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), focusing on data center digital twin-driven modernization to support the planning, optimization, and lifecycle operations of infrastructure for AI and high-performance computing (HPC).

This collaboration integrates the Cadence Reality Digital Twin Platform—which virtualizes data center environments through AI, HPC, and physics-based simulation technologies—with HPE's data center modernization capabilities. This integration is being applied in HPE's AI-focused modular data center system, AI Mod POD, to evaluate deployment and operational scenarios. The effort also involves collaboration with NVIDIA, aiming to support energy and infrastructure planning methods that enable evaluation from edge to cloud environments before physical deployment.

Against the backdrop of increasing power density driven by AI workloads and rising demands for cooling and efficiency, digital twin approaches are being used to support data center design and operations. Key focus areas include design optimization—using high-fidelity digital twins to plan data centers supporting AI and HPC, meeting power, space, cooling, and sustainability constraints; scenario evaluation—the Cadence Reality DC Elements Design Library is used to assess different AI Mod POD deployment configurations and related technology options; predictive modeling—simulating power consumption and cooling behavior to help evaluate utilization and system changes before implementation; and operational analysis—using "what-if" scenarios to support long-term capacity planning and energy management.

The integration of Cadence's digital twin tools with HPE's data center systems aims to support analysis and decision-making during both the design phase and ongoing operational phases of AI infrastructure deployment.