France-based Dassault Systèmes, which makes 3D design and engineering software, said on November 11 that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Singapore Economic Development Board to set up an ASEAN Industrial AI Virtual Twin Lab in Singapore.

The lab will serve as a regional hub for industrial AI and virtual twin projects. It will help businesses test data center cooling and energy use before construction, and simulate changes to industrial operations before deployment.

Singapore has launched a standard for data center efficiency.

Dassault Systèmes plans to employ more than 30 AI professionals at the lab within its first five years. EDB said the project supports Singapore’s National AI Mission for Advanced Manufacturing, an area already covered by the country’s broader AI agenda.

The project builds on Dassault Systèmes’ presence in Singapore, where it has an office, and an Asia-Pacific expansion it announced in 2008.

🔗 Source: Dassault Systèmes