Digital Twin District Cooling Market Report 2026

The digital twin district cooling market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $1.81 billion in 2025 to $2.13 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.7%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to expansion of large-scale district cooling projects, increasing urban heat load management needs, deployment of centralized cooling infrastructure, early adoption of building energy monitoring systems, availability of industrial iot sensors.

The digital twin district cooling market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $4.04 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.4%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing investments in smart district energy systems, rising focus on energy efficiency optimization, expansion of digital twins across utility networks, growing adoption of ai-based predictive maintenance, increasing regulatory emphasis on sustainable cooling. Major trends in the forecast period include increasing adoption of real-time cooling system digital twins, growing use of predictive analytics for cooling networks, rising integration of sensor-driven energy optimization, expansion of cloud-based district cooling platforms, enhanced focus on operational transparency and simulation accuracy.

The rising adoption of smart city initiatives is anticipated to drive the growth of the digital twin district cooling market in the coming years. A smart city refers to an urban area that uses technology and data to optimize resource management, enhance service delivery, and improve residents’ quality of life. The uptake of smart city initiatives is increasing largely due to rapid urbanization, as cities pursue technology-based solutions to manage expanding populations and increasingly complex infrastructure requirements. Smart cities generate demand for digital twin district cooling solutions because they depend on accurate, real-time monitoring and control of cooling systems to maintain energy efficiency and effectively serve densely populated environments. For example, in April 2025, according to IMD Business School, a Switzerland-based independent business school, the number of smart cities globally rose from 141 in 2023 to 142 in 2024, and further to 146 in 2025, representing a net increase of five smart cities over a two-year period. Consequently, the growing adoption of smart city initiatives is fueling the expansion of the digital twin district cooling market.

Companies in the digital twin district cooling market are focusing on innovations such as smart substations to enhance the efficiency and optimization of district cooling systems. Smart substations are equipped with digital devices and automated systems that allow for real-time monitoring, control, and management of power flow and equipment performance. For example, in March 2023, Denmark-based Danfoss launched the Danfoss Titan substation, an autonomous solution featuring advanced digital twin technology. The Titan substation enables cloud-based commissioning and continuous performance management in district cooling systems. It integrates seamlessly with Danfoss' district energy solutions to optimize the entire cooling network. By using simulation models, rather than trial-and-error methods, it ensures accurate configurations that improve system performance, extend equipment lifespan, and adapt to fluctuating demand, whether seasonal or daily.

In April 2023, OBR Cooling Towers Inc., a US-based provider of cooling tower solutions, entered into a partnership with Maxbyte Technologies to develop digital twin solutions for cooling towers in the US market. Through this collaboration, OBR and Maxbyte seek to enhance operational efficiency, system uptime, and energy performance for cooling tower operators by combining OBR’s industry expertise with Maxbyte’s strengths in IIoT, AI, AR/VR, cloud computing, data analytics, and robotics. Maxbyte Technologies Private Limited is an India-based industrial digital and automation solutions company that delivers industrial digital solutions designed to support predictive monitoring, process optimization, and advanced workflow automation for enterprise and industrial applications.

Major companies operating in the digital twin district cooling market are ENGIE SA, Siemens AG, Veolia Environnement SA, Schneider Electric SE, Honeywell International Inc., ABB Ltd., GE Vernova Inc., Johnson Controls Inc., Trane Technologies International Limited, Emerson Electric Co., Danfoss Inc., Arup, RAMBOLL, Bentley Systems Inc., Aurecon Group Brand Pty. Ltd., BrainBox AI Inc., Gradyent, heatbeat engineering GmbH, EkkoSense Ltd., Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited, Carbon Re Ltd., VORtech BV.

North America was the largest region in the digital twin district cooling market in 2025. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the digital twin district cooling market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the digital twin district cooling market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

The digital twin district cooling market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing services such as load forecasting, scenario analysis, asset management, and capacity planning. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The digital twin district cooling market also includes sales of smart sensors, IoT-enabled meters, chillers, cooling towers, and pump controllers. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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