Knud Lasse Lueth

The standalone digital twin market reached $1.3 billion in 2025 and is forecast to grow to $4.2 billion by 2030, while the broader enabling software ecosystem reached $175 billion, according to IoT Analytics’ Digital Twin & Simulation Software Market Report 2026–2030. The digital twin tech stack and market span 4 workflow contexts and 5 technology layers, and no vendor owns the full tech stack.

Data Centre World London 2026 was in full swing in March 2026 in London, UK, with over 19,000 attendees. IoT Analytics conducted 50+ interviews on-site, producing a 36-page event and trends report with 26 individual data center trends. 7 of the standout data center trends are shared in this article, including the move to higher rack densities (1MW+), liquid cooling innovations, 800V DC architectures, and busbars replacing cables. Data Centers are one of the fastest-growing markets at the moment.

The enterprise IoT market is entering the agentic and AI phase of IoT maturity according to IoT Analytics’ 124-page State of Enterprise IoT 2026 report. Companies are now embarking on a concrete path towards autonomous cross-ecosystem-optimized systems, the 8th and last step of the IoT value–maturity curve. Several decisive technology shifts are visible in this part of the journey: 1. The hardware shift: Device makers are integrating AI accelerators. 2.