A method of forming a federated digital twin and a digital twin for performing the method are disclosed. The digital twin includes general functions (GF) configured to provide a function and data of the digital twin and federation orchestration functions (FOF), wherein the FOF are configured to discover one or more other digital twins to federate with the digital twin, determine, from among the discovered digital twins, a digital twin to form a federated digital twin, and form the federated digital twin by establishing a communication connection with the determined digital twin.