Introduction  The layout of the data center is an important design input for its design scheme, and its changes will lead to great changes in the design results. The data center is an extremely complex infrastructure, with strong correlation between the disciplines, and the changes in each of the disciplines will affect one or more of the disciplines at the same time, thus affecting the entire layout. For the current traditional parallel working mode in which each discipline performs its own duties, often the confirmation of the layout needs to go through multi-discipline calculations and analysis, mutual data and coordination and communication, which not only consumes a lot of time, but also makes it difficult to ensure the quality due to frequent adjustments.

  Method  In order to improve the design efficiency and quality of the layout, this paper proposed a data-driven modular, parametric and visual design model and method for the layout, which realized the automatic design of the layout with the input parameters through the 3D digital design tool Revit and the visual programming tool Dynamo.

  Result  Through this method, designers only need to input some key requirements and indicator parameters, that is, the automatic design of the layout can be completed.

  Conclusion  Based on the data-driven 3D digital design of the data center layout, on the one hand, the design efficiency is greatly improved, the manpower and material resources are saved, and on the other hand, by building hard constraints such as standards and specifications into the design model, it can not only greatly improve the design quality, but also save a lot of time at each stage of project design.