MS Implements Physical Environment as Virtual Data... Unveils 'Azure Digital Twin'

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] Microsoft Korea (MS) unveiled 'Azure Digital Twins' on the 4th, a solution that replicates physical environments as virtual data like twins.

Azure Digital Twins is a solution based on the Internet of Things (IoT) technology of Microsoft's cloud platform, Azure. It integrates real environments and assets into a digital environment, enabling the tracking of complex interactions among people, places, and things, and the collection of data.

Through digital R&D and engineering, it connects the real and virtual worlds, simulates various scenarios to predict possible events in advance, and designs optimal business environments.

The series of processes implemented by Azure Digital Twins enables digital feedback loops across all business areas. For example, companies can use it to track various past consumer patterns, design future environments, and develop new products.

Digital twins are currently aiding digital innovation in the manufacturing industry. Last year, Doosan Heavy Industries collaborated with MS and Bentley Systems to pilot a digital twin solution in the wind power sector, establishing renewable energy generation and an efficient portfolio.

Doosan Heavy Industries is promoting the establishment of a next-generation wind power system that maximizes energy generation and reduces maintenance costs of existing facilities. The solution combines real-time and historical IoT, weather, and other operational data with physics- and machine learning-based models to accurately measure production output.

Lee Jena, Head of MS IoT & MR Asia Technology Division, said, "We will actively share cases of applying digital twin and IoT technologies like Doosan Heavy Industries and do our best to support digital innovation for various new business models and customers both domestically and internationally."

Meanwhile, MS jointly established a digital twin consortium last year based on an open partnership with other companies. It currently has over 170 members, including companies, government agencies, and academia.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.