Introducing Productivity Packages for Modelon Impact
September 17, 2026
Turn simulation results into decisions faster with up to 12x greater performance. Simulation creates value when it helps an engineering team answer better questions sooner. But as models grow and studies expand, computing resources can become the constraint. Engineers wait for runs to finish, schedule large experiments around available capacity, or spend time managing storage […]
Data Center Chiller Setpoint Optimization Using AI and Physics-Based Simulation
September 1, 2026
We gave the agentic AI assistant three parametric simulations of a 1 MW data center cooling plant and asked it to find the chiller setpoint that would cut energy use without breaching thermal safety limits. Here’s how it caught a problem the numbers alone would have missed. Every data center cooling plant with a waterside economizer faces […]
From Performance Curve to Trusted Model
August 21, 2026
To simulate a full data center, you need trustworthy component models. Vendors give you performance curves. Here’s how to turn one into the other. Hyperscalers, commissioning engineers, and cooling vendors are all trying to build the same thing: a system model of a full data center that behaves like the real one. A digital twin, […]
Where OpenUSD Digital Twins Meet Working Physics
July 29, 2026
An OpenUSD asset says what a coolant distribution unit is. A physics model says how it behaves—this is the bridge between them, walked end-to-end by an AI agent. Picture a steel cabinet the size of a wardrobe, tucked into a row of AI servers, with two separate water loops threading through it—one tied to the […]
Smarter Defrost Modeling for Heat Pump and Refrigeration Systems
July 6, 2026
New Modelon research to be shared at the 2026 Herrick Conferences at Purdue University For simulation and thermal engineers working on heat pumps, refrigeration systems, HVAC&R equipment, and thermal management for energy-intensive facilities, frost is more than an operating nuisance. It is a system-level performance problem. When frost builds on a coil, it changes heat […]
From AI Guidance to Agentic Simulation in Modelon Impact
June 24, 2026
Modelon’s enhanced AI Assistant now helps engineers analyze models, launch simulations, and accelerate engineering workflows directly within the Modelon Impact platform. ▶️ Watch how it works! When we introduced the AI Assistant in Modelon Impact, the goal was simple: help engineers get answers faster, troubleshoot issues more easily, and reduce the friction that often slows […]
Why CFD is the Wrong Tool for the Next Generation of Liquid-Cooled AI Data Centers
June 23, 2026
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has been the workhorse of data center thermal design for two decades. For the AI data centers now coming online, it is the wrong tool. That is not an indictment of CFD; it remains a powerful, mature technology. It is a consequence of how radically the cooling problem has changed. The […]
From Spec to Simulation: An AI Agent Builds a Data Center Cooling Model
June 10, 2026
Start from a vendor PDF. End with a validated, simulation-ready Modelica model in a single working session. No manual coding at any step. That is the capability we want to show in this post, and it is a current capability, not a future one. Data center infrastructure is changing fast. AI compute is pushing facilities […]
The Token Economics of Engineering AI
June 4, 2026
A Question Worth Putting Numbers On Engineering AI workflows incur cost in how they acquire knowledge during a session. In 5 Questions to Ask Before Trusting AI-Related Simulation Results, the fourth question was: Does the AI spend its effort on engineering or on infrastructure? It is the most consequential of the five, and the hardest […]
AI Liquid Cooling at System Scale
April 29, 2026
A recent presentation at Data Center World highlights how system simulation is becoming a critical capability for designing, procuring, and operating AI data centers. AI has been embedded in digital infrastructure for years, quietly powering services like recommendation engines, security systems, and automation. What changed in late 2022 was accessibility. With the rise of generative […]