November 21, 2025

ByCraig Resnick

Category:

Acquisition or Partnership

This release outlines how Schneider Electric, AVEVA and ETAP’s participation in the Alliance for OpenUSD is designed to support open standards for digital twins, collaborative design and simulation-driven industrial systems.

Schneider Electric, AVEVA and ETAP have joined the Alliance for OpenUSD, aligning with industry stakeholders working to advance interoperability for digital twins, 3D modeling environments and simulation-ready (SimReady) assets. Their participation supports the development of open standards that help unify software tools and data models across buildings, grids, industrial facilities and large-scale digital infrastructure.

OpenUSD provides a high-performance, extensible framework for exchanging and synchronizing data across virtual environments. By basing digital twins on shared standards, organizations can better coordinate design workflows, model complex systems and support real-time decision-making across multi-domain infrastructure.

Key areas of focus include:

Development of SimReady assets representing physical energy, power and industrial systems.

Standardized 3D models that support cross-platform design and simulation.

Shared representations of buildings, grids, factories and data centers.

Interoperability between domain-specific tools and industrial digital twin platforms.

The collaboration across Schneider Electric, AVEVA and ETAP supports workflows where digital models are used to design, validate and optimize power distribution, energy systems and operational architectures. Their combined software portfolios span electrical infrastructure, power systems engineering and industrial operations management, enabling simulations across a range of sectors from manufacturing and utilities to data centers and large energy-intensive environments.
These capabilities support:

Coordinated system modeling across mechanical, electrical and operational layers.

Accelerated infrastructure design through standardized digital representations.

Improved integration of engineering data across design and operation phases.

More efficient planning and optimization for large-scale digital infrastructure.

As organizations adopt digital twins to model power systems and energy-intensive environments, standardized assets help reduce integration complexity and facilitate scalable simulation. OpenUSD-based models can support workflows for designing AI-ready data centers, managing grid-connected assets and evaluating performance under dynamic operating conditions.

The partnership expands ongoing work between the companies and technology ecosystems adopting simulation-first methodologies. By contributing to OpenUSD, Schneider Electric, AVEVA and ETAP aim to support scalable, interoperable digital environments built on shared data models rather than proprietary formats.

This development reflects broader industry movement toward open standards that enable simulation, AI-driven design and coordinated digital engineering across complex industrial and energy systems.

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