Digital Twin Consortium and NTT DATA launch COMPOSE testbed

The Digital Twin Consortium and NTT DATA unveiled COMPOSE, a new testbed led by NTT DATA Chile to help asset-heavy industries build scalable, interoperable digital twin systems. The microfactory-based platform is designed to reduce integration complexity, speed experimentation and support broader standards work across manufacturing, mining, utilities and oil and gas.

Why it matters: - COMPOSE is meant to lower the friction of building digital twins at scale. - The testbed targets asset-intensive industries where better visibility, earlier fault detection and process optimization can translate into operational gains. - The platform is designed to help organizations validate ideas faster before committing to full deployments.

What happened: - The Digital Twin Consortium and NTT DATA announced COMPOSE, short for Composable Operational Microfactory Platform for Smart Enterprises. - NTT DATA Chile leads the testbed. - Initial partners include Aingura IIoT, XMPro, Crysp and Rowan University. - The announcement came Sept. 14, 2026, in Boston.

The details: - COMPOSE uses a physical microfactory that mirrors real industrial operations in a controlled setting. - The environment connects machines, sensors and software through common industrial standards. - The setup supports continuous data collection and hands-on experimentation with digital twin solutions. - The architecture is vendor-agnostic and composable, so technologies can be added or reconfigured as modular pieces. - The platform is aimed at manufacturing, mining, utilities and oil and gas. - The testbed is meant to support faster deployment through reusable architectural components. - It is also intended to reduce integration complexity. - COMPOSE aims to lower experimentation risk and cost by letting partners test technologies in the microfactory before full-scale use. - The effort is designed to contribute insights to Digital Twin Consortium frameworks on OT/IT convergence and interoperability. - NTT DATA’s microfactory provides real industrial data and a shared testing environment for consortium members. - Members can integrate technologies, develop use cases and evaluate combined performance. - New contributors can join the testbed and add to the ecosystem. - The testbed runs under the Digital Twin Consortium’s neutral testbed program, which provides frameworks, best practices and expert guidance. - More information

Between the lines: - The partnership is not just about one pilot project; it is built to be a reusable collaboration model for the wider digital twin market. - The emphasis on modularity and vendor neutrality signals an effort to avoid the integration bottlenecks that often slow industrial software rollouts. - The testbed could help shape reference architectures that other organizations use as a starting point. - The collaboration also creates a path for partners to work together on shared use cases without rebuilding infrastructure from scratch.

What's next: - NTT DATA and consortium members will use the microfactory to test technologies, refine use cases and measure how solutions perform together. - New partners are expected to join the ecosystem over time. - The testbed may inform future standards and adoption frameworks for interoperable digital twin systems. - The collaboration is positioned to support broader market adoption through shared architecture and validation.