Hitachi unveils a new global digital services company turning cloud, data and AI into measurable business outcomes
Hitachi, Ltd. announced plans to launch Hitachi Digital Inc. (“Hitachi
Digital”), a new global digital services company, on April 1, 2027, in
accordance with the integration plan announced in January 2026. Hitachi Digital
will unite Hitachi’s U.S. subsidiaries, GlobalLogic Inc. (“GlobalLogic”) and
Hitachi Digital Services LLC (“Hitachi Digital Services”) under a single
company using the Hitachi brand, with a brand campaign launching today. Hitachi
Digital will steadily guide enterprise digital transformation at the
convergence of cloud, data and AI toward concrete business results.
With approximately 35,000 professionals in 27 countries and more than
880 active clients, Hitachi Digital combines product and software engineering with
enterprise systems and operational expertise, backed by more than 100 years of
Hitachi experience building and operating mission-critical infrastructure.
Hitachi Digital delivers sustainable solutions across both the physical
and digital tech stack, engineering new digital products and AI capabilities
for its clients, modernizing the enterprise core behind them, and running them
reliably at scale. The success of this differentiated combination will be
driven by the dedicated Hitachi Digital teams centered on Forward Deployed
Engineers (FDEs) supporting clients around the world.
“Our clients need one partner who understands how an industry works,
maintains deep technology ecosystem relationships, while engineering what’s
new, modernizing what’s underneath and keeping it all running across the
enterprise,” said Anand Birje, CEO and Chairman, Hitachi Digital.
“Hitachi Digital brings digital engineering and operations together as one
company, at global scale, with the industrial depth of 1 January 29, 2026 press
release: Hitachi Announces Plans to Integrate GlobalLogic and Hitachi Digital
Services to Accelerate Global Growth of Lumada 3.0 1/3 Press Release For
Immediate Release Hitachi behind us. We can be our clients’ one trusted partner
from strategy through operations, engineering what the world depends on.”
Driving Digital Transformation at Scale
Hitachi Digital will serve as a strategic partner across the full
transformation lifecycle, bringing deep domain expertise in key vertical
industries and AI-era focused service lines including Physical AI, Data and
Intelligence, Cloud and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and Enterprise
Applications. The insights and technical expertise gained through delivering
these comprehensive services will continue to fuel our IP differentiation,
including HMAX by Hitachi (“HMAX”), a next-generation suite of solutions that
brings the power of AI to social infrastructure. Furthermore, our strategic
alliance partnerships across the full tech stack, from the data layer to frontier
AI labs, will be multiplied and amplified.The two companies coming together as
Hitachi Digital have been recognized by leading industry analysts for their
differentiated capabilities, resulting in rankings from ISG Research as a
Leader in Intelligent Robotics and Physical AI Services, Digital Engineering
Services, and Generative AI Services.
“Hitachi Digital Services has been recognized for connecting edge
intelligence, robotics and AI-driven decision layers into secure,
mission-critical environments. GlobalLogic has demonstrated differentiated
strength across augmented design, R&D Services, intelligent operations and
connected experience, and integrated platform and application services by
leading with consulting, AI-first engineering and deep domain expertise. These
outcomes are the result of what is now Hitachi Digital’s differentiation — a
fusion of deep industrial heritage with enterprise-grade AI orchestration,”
said Gowtham Sampath, Assistant Director and Principal Analyst, ISG Research.
Accelerating Physical AI
What further sets Hitachi Digital apart is the Hitachi Group’s long-standing
operational technology (OT) and domain knowledge in industrial businesses.
Backed by that knowledge, Hitachi Digital will accelerate the implementation of
both enterprise AI and Physical AI in industries including manufacturing,
mobility and energy, as well as across the Hitachi Group through its “customer
zero” initiatives. Hitachi Digital’s synergy revenue with the Hitachi Group
grew 46 percent year-on-year in the first half.
Central to the work at the Hitachi Group and beyond are the company’s FDEs, who
work directly in clients’ operational environments to put these AI capabilities
into practice. These teams of AI specialists, data scientists and engineers
work alongside clients and technology partners to apply new AI and digital
capabilities inside complex enterprise and operational environments. Hitachi
Digital will continue to scale through investment in AI, data and cloud talent,
including FDEs, along with expanded alliances and acquisitions across the
technology ecosystem. Hitachi Digital will also drive adoption of Lumada 3.0,
empowering co-creation for client innovation and continuing to expand its
business.
“With the launch of Hitachi Digital, Hitachi will evolve into a global
digital services company capable of providing end-to-end solutions ranging from
enterprise AI to Physical AI,” said Jun Abe, Executive Vice President and Head
of the Digital Systems & Services Sector, Hitachi. “By uniting GlobalLogic’s
digital engineering with Hitachi Digital Services’ enterprise and operational
expertise, and leveraging the FDE team as a driving force, together with
Hitachi’s OT and domain knowledge in social infrastructure, we will work
alongside clients throughout their business transformation and help maximize
value creation. Through these efforts, we will strongly advance our clients’
digital transformation globally, drive the growth of Lumada 3.0 and contribute
to the harmonized society envisioned in Hitachi’s management plan, ‘Inspire
2027.’”
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