Drone-Based Inspection Systems for Modern Data Centers
Drones, with their flexible, efficient, and multi-sensor integration advantages, can be used for inspecting large modular data centers, open areas, and outdoor equipment. They can precisely check the status of circuits, servers, network devices, and environmental parameters, while transmitting data in real-time. Through data-driven and intelligent analysis, they can significantly improve inspection efficiency, accuracy, and fault prediction capabilities.
Using Hightopo’s low-code digital twin tools, we have built a visualization monitoring system for the data center. This system accurately renders everything from the orderly arrangement of server cabinets to the specific locations of critical equipment, such as air conditioners and UPS in a 3D environment. It provides precise virtual navigation references that guide drone inspection routes.
During inspections, drones can automatically identify equipment labels, monitor cable connection status, and detect issues such as equipment surface damage and abnormal indicator lights, generating visual inspection reports and marking fault locations in real-time. The platform integrates multi-source data from drones, internal equipment, and environmental monitoring to build detailed three-dimensional visualization models and establish dynamic early warning mechanisms. This system effectively improves maintenance efficiency, response speed, and proactive management capabilities, providing strong support for the reliable operation of smart data centers.
Extending to the microscopic level, this platform also achieves micro-level virtual simulation of device chips. It not only digitally replicates physical characteristics at a 1:1 scale — including nanometer-level texture undulations on wafer surfaces, micrometer-level pin array spacing, and the subtle textures and cooling grooves formed by injection molding processes of packaging shells — but also clearly displays the integrated chips on circuit boards, various components, and their layouts. It can be used to simulate collaborative scenarios such as signal transmission between chips and power consumption distribution within cabinets, providing data support for overall system optimization. With these virtual models, operators can conduct performance simulations, parameter debugging, and lifespan assessment tests, thereby reducing physical testing costs and shortening chip development and verification cycles.
Hightopo Software has been focused on the web-based visualization field for over 10 years. The company has independently developed HT for Web 2D and 3D graphics rendering engines, a low-code digital twin SCADA platform, and related tools. Currently, HT for Web products has been widely applied in various industry sectors, including industrial SCADA, power and energy, digital twin factories, telecom data centers, smart transportation, smart cities, campus buildings, smart water management, aerospace and defense, providing clients with reliable one-stop digital twin solutions.