Kenji Yasui

Mikio Hirakawa

Junya Ayada

Sho Fukuhara

Yumikaki

Yumikaki-san

- Hitachi Energy announced an additional **$270 million CAD ($195 million USD)** investment to expand its large power transformer manufacturing facility near Montreal, Canada, building on an ongoing expansion announced in 2024.  **[47710_dff8600e388844f7994cd84526820f5c_0]** 
- This investment is part of Hitachi Energy's **$9 billion USD global investment program** and is expected to nearly **triple the Varennes site's annual production capacity**.  **[47710_dff8600e388844f7994cd84526820f5c_0]** 
- The expansion will create approximately **500 new jobs** and aims to meet the fast-growing demand for large power transformers, reactors, and HVDC technology, critical for energy transition goals.  **[47710_dff8600e388844f7994cd84526820f5c_0]**

Hitachi Energy to Expand Canadian Transformer Manufacturing Capacity

- Hitachi Digital Services has launched **HARC Agents**, a new enterprise platform designed to optimize agentic AI, enabling companies to develop and deploy complex AI systems in **30% less time**.  **[47710_a2fa1b4106cb4693a5690409000316dd_0]** 
- The platform integrates four core AI services, including the newly introduced **Agent Library**, which contains over **200 pre-built AI agents**, and an **Agent Management System** for unified control and observability.  **[47710_a2fa1b4106cb4693a5690409000316dd_0]** **[47710_a2fa1b4106cb4693a5690409000316dd_2]** 
- This initiative aims to make AI enterprise-ready and scalable, addressing the significant market growth in AI (projected **$630 billion by 2028**) while mitigating risks associated with the high cost and complexity that lead to project abandonment.  **[47710_a2fa1b4106cb4693a5690409000316dd_1]**

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