Azbil Corporation is a global provider for measurement and control technologies. For building automation business, Azbil provides monitoring and control systems including environmental control technologies in many large-scale buildings, including data centers, office buildings, hotels, airports and shopping centers. Azbil precisely measures temperature, humidity, and other quantities to control facilities and instruments for comfort and energy efficiency.

Given the intense power demands and heat generated by data centers, one of the most critical investment decisions for developers and operators is adopting energy optimization solutions, such as an intelligent building management system (IBMS) paired with a chiller plant digital twin (CPDT), to enhance performance, efficiency, and sustainability.

IBMS: Centralized control with total facility oversight
Azbil’s IBMS is a fully open-architecture platform designed to monitor and control the entire building ecosystem – from HVAC and electrical systems to fire safety and data hall conditions. It provides a unified dashboard to manage IT loads and building systems, essential for achieving power usage effectiveness (PUE) targets.

Key features:

• Real-time monitoring of building load, IT load and PUE
• Customizable alarms and alerts for immediate notification of faults or anomalies
• Redundant systems to ensure operational safety and continuity
• Visualization tools for energy trends, cooling loads, and power distribution

Digital twin: Data-driven cooling optimization
Cooling is one of the most energy-intensive operations in a data center. Azbil’s CPDT offers a real-time virtual model of the chiller system, air-cooled or water-cooled, enabling advanced optimization and predictive insights.

Key features:

• Visualization: Current usage conditions with various Dashboards including energy consumption cooling load, and alerts
• Optimization: Scenario testing in a virtual environment to predict performance, and enhanced energy optimization
• Judgment enhancement: Simulation and scenario analysis, plus fault detection by comparing actual operations with ideal status
• Operation enhancement: Actionable insights and recommendations for energy-saving operations

A recent case is a 32MW data center in Indonesia, which is equipped with both Tier III and Tier IV data center capabilities. The data center uses Azbil’s chiller plant optimization system and CPDT for air-cooled chillers, contributing to energy savings and operational enhancement. The solution is also applicable to water-cooled chiller plants, offering flexibility for diverse facility configurations.

From insight to impact: Operational and strategic advantages

By integrating Azbil’s IBMS with CPDT, data centers gain a powerful, self-optimizing solution that enhances uptime, reduces operational costs, and improves energy efficiency. This combined sustainable approach enables real-time energy and cooling optimization, predictive fault detection, and flexible scalability – empowering operators to future-proof their facilities and stay competitive in an increasingly demanding digital landscape.

Azbil actively partners with stakeholders across Southeast Asia and India to deliver automation technologies tailored to the unique needs of each stage in the building life cycle.