Set the hall size, containment strategy and density rule, and watch the rack layout regenerate live: rows, containment, cooling units and cable trays. The same class of parametric logic runs inside Revit on real data centre programmes.
What this demonstrates
Generative layout logic. The same parametric hall logic we deploy inside Revit on data centre programmes, wrapped here as a live configurator.
Demo heuristics. Production generators take IT load schedules, structural grids, fire zones and busway routes as constraints, and land the result as coordinated Revit elements.
Illustrative pipeline for a production deployment
IT load schedule (Excel)
Target IT load, rack duty and power density per hall
Structural grid + shell (Revit / ACC)
Column grid, slab levels and clear heights from the base model
Rack + equipment list
Rack types, dimensions and cooling strategy
Fire zones + busway routes
Compartmentation and power distribution constraints
Generative layout (Rhino.Inside.Revit)
Output
Coordinated Revit data hall
Native elements with rack elevations, equipment lists and MEP coordination from one model
This browser demo runs the same class of rules; a production generator lands the result in Revit against real project constraints.
How these demos relate to the systems we build for clients.
Hall dimensions, containment strategy and a density rule. Rack rows are placed in face-to-face pairs around the contained aisle, clearances to walls are enforced, and cooling units and cable trays follow the rows. Client deployments run the same class of rules directly in Revit or Rhino.Inside.Revit with project-specific constraints such as structural grids, fire zones and busway routes.
Racks are arranged so that equipment fronts face each other across a cold aisle and exhausts face each other across a hot aisle. Containing one of the two aisles with panels and doors stops the air streams mixing, which is one of the highest-leverage efficiency decisions in a data hall. The toggle in this demo switches which aisle carries the containment.
Yes. In client work the generated layout lands as native Revit elements coordinated against structure, mechanical, electrical, fire and ICT, and the documentation, schedules, rack elevations and equipment lists are produced from the same parametric model.
It is a demo heuristic: rack count multiplied by a nominal eight kilowatts per rack. Production generators take the actual IT load schedule, rack duty and cooling strategy as inputs rather than a flat allowance.
Everything in the Playground is built with the same stack we deploy for clients: configurators driven by real product masters, planners connected to BIM data, and AR experiences served straight from the product catalogue.
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