# Network Digital Twins: Between PowerPoint and Reality

DevFeed: [Network Digital Twins: Between PowerPoint and Reality](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/network-digital-twins-between-powerpoint-and-reality-11196.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2025/06/digital-twins-powerpoint-reality/>)

Published: 2025-06-19T07:16:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [virtual machines](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/virtual-machines.md>), [virtualization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/virtualization.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cpu.md>)

Tags: [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cpu.md>), [examples](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/examples.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [virtual-machines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/virtual-machines.md>), [virtualization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/virtualization.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses why networking digital twins have struggled to move beyond demonstrations. It identifies limitations involving supported interface technologies, interface-name mapping, chassis and line-card modeling, interface counts, resource requirements, clustered deployment, and the fidelity of virtual data-plane behavior.

## Source excerpt

A Network Artist left an interesting remark on one of my blog posts: It's kind of confusing sometimes to see the digital twin (being a really good idea) never really take off. His remark prompted me to resurface a two-year-old draft listing a bunch of minor annoyances that make Networking Digital Twins more of a PowerPoint project than a reality. Read more ...