Jacobs to Deploy Data Center Digital Twin for NVIDIA R&D Facility

Metthier Company Limited, or Metthier, signed an academic memorandum of understanding, or MOU, with the Faculty of Engineering at Mahidol University, Salaya, to develop Thailand's first Smart Integrated Facility Management model SMART Campus. Khayon Tantichatwat, Chief Executive Officer of Metthier, said the collaboration will combine Smart Integrated Facility Management, a Command Center, and Digital Twin to comprehensively upgrade the management of educational spaces and buildings, while also serving as a learning center for the education, public, and private sectors. Associate Professor Dr. Thanaphat Wanichanon, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Mahidol University, said the SMART Campus will be Thailand's first smart campus model, using artificial intelligence, automated system management platforms, and the Internet of Things, or IoT, to improve efficiency in campus management. The collaboration covers technology development and research in five key dimensions: Smart Health, Smart City, Smart Logistics, Smart Security, and Smart Environment, aiming to drive the campus toward net zero carbon emissions under ESG standards and carbon neutrality.

Jacobs Solutions has been selected by NVIDIA to deploy its Data Center Digital Twin platform at a large U.S. research and development facility, sending the company's shares up 3.3% in the afternoon session. The work is a three-year SaaS agreement built on NVIDIA Omniverse libraries, under which Jacobs will use the digital twin to optimize energy demand, monitor operations, and balance power loads across the AI facility. The stock closed the day at $139.76, up 3.3% from the previous close. Jacobs Solutions is up 3.3% since the beginning of the year, but at $139.77 per share it is still trading 15% below its 52-week high of $164.44 from October 2025.

Jacobs has been selected by Nvidia to deploy its Data Center Digital Twin platform at a large-scale AI research and development facility in the U.S. Under a three-year software-as-a-service agreement, Jacobs will provide a digital twin environment designed to improve operational planning and facility performance at one of Nvidia's advanced AI R&D facilities. Built on Nvidia Omniverse libraries, the platform creates a real-time environment that allows operators to simulate scenarios and monitor and optimize facility performance, combining engineering models, operational technology and live facility data into a single platform. J shares rose 1.5% premarket on Wednesday.