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Hitachi, Ltd. — Investor Presentation 2026
Jun 9, 2026
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For Immediate Release
Notification regarding the disclosure of materials for Hitachi Investor Day 2026 (Digital Systems & Services Business Strategy)
Tokyo, June 9, 2026 Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501) today announced the disclosure of the presentation materials for "Hitachi Investor Day 2026," which will be held on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, from 3:00 p.m. JST.
Attached materials: Digital Systems & Services Business Strategy
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Hitachi Investor Day 2026 Digital Systems & Services Business Strategy
June 10, 2026
Jun Abe
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,
CEO of Digital Systems & Services Sector,
Hitachi, Ltd.
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Contents
- Progress on Inspire 2027
- Address Changes in the Business Environment Driven by AI
- Growth in the "Modernization and AI Services" Market
- Growth in the "Social Infrastructure x AI" Market
- Growth Investments, Partnerships, and Structural Reforms
- Conclusion
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1.1 Progress on Inspire 2027 / FY2025 Review
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Strong Japan Domestic Operations Drove Performance, Resulting in Record-High Profits

1 Based on the new reporting segment structure
2 ( ) : Previous target announced at Hitachi Investor Day 2025 (as of June 11, 2025)
FY2025 Achievements

- Increase in orders
Backlog
1.8 trillion yen +11% - Improved profitability
Adj. EBITA Margin
15.5% +1.3pts - Growth of the Lumada business
Revenue ratio (DSS)
62% +16pts
Revenue ratio (Hitachi Group)
40% +11pts
YoY
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1.2 Growth of Business in Japan
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Revenue Growth in Social Infrastructure, Driven by Large-Scale Projects
Significant Profit Margin Improvement through Gross Margin Enhancement

1 Combined total of SI & Services and Engineering & Services businesses in Japan
2 Based on the new reporting segment structure
Business Achievements (FY2025)
Increase in large-scale, mission-critical projects
Revenue generated from contracts valuing over 3 billion yen
330 billion yen, YoY +87%
- Modernization requiring deep domain knowledge and a proven track record
Rapid expansion of the defense business
Revenue growth YoY +26%
- Expansion of cybersecurity & intelligence, and equipment businesses such as naval systems and vehicles
Gross margin improvement
Gross margin YoY +1.4pts
- Expansion of high-value-added projects and AI-driven efficiency
- Enhanced project management and quality control
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1.3 GlobalLogic Expands Synergies
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Expanded synergies with OT*1 Sectors through a Shift in the Business Portfolio toward High-Growth AI
GlobalLogic
Expanded the digitalization of OT and products
The total is included in Lumada business revenue
Revenue
unit: million USD
Synergies (booked by other BUs & Group companies)*2
Stand-Alone

FY2024

FY2025
Achievements
Synergies creation case studies


Metaverse platform that replicates nuclear power plants
Solution to optimize energy efficiency in train operations
Service that utilizes building facility data to optimize operations, maintenance, and energy consumption
Challenge
Transformation of stand-alone businesses
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Contents
- Progress on Inspire 2027
- Address Changes in the Business Environment Driven by AI
- Growth in the "Modernization and AI Services" Market
- Growth in the "Social Infrastructure x AI" Market
- Growth Investments, Partnerships, and Structural Reforms
- Conclusion
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2.1 Changes in the Business Environment Driven by AI
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Unlocking a Significant Growth Opportunity Leveraging Hitachi’s Strengths
New business opportunities driven by AI
100 trillion yen*1 (2030)



1 Internal analysis based on industry reports 2 A general term for services related to AI, including AI deployment and operation
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2.2 Growth Strategy
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Two rapidly Expanding Frontiers
— Delivering High Growth and Resilient Profitability Base

1 Forward Deployed Engineer
2 Value-based and recurring business model
*3 Total revenue from modernization and AI services(global)
Growth in the "Modernization and AI Services" Market
- Further deepen customer co-creation through the FDE*1 team
- Transform into a continuous value delivery model*2
DSS sector
AI-related revenue*3
FY2025 Results FY2025-2027
800 billion yen CAGR 20-25%

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Contents
- Progress on Inspire 2027
- Address Changes in the Business Environment Driven by AI
- Growth in the "Modernization and AI Services" Market
- Growth in the "Social Infrastructure x AI" Market
- Growth Investments, Partnerships, and Structural Reforms
- Conclusion
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3.1 Growth in the "Modernization and AI Services" Market
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A High-Confidence Growth Scenario Driven by a Robust Installed Base and Full-Scale AI Utilization
KPI
AI-related revenue CAGR 20-25% (FY2025-2027)
Key areas for strengthening
• talent
• the foundation for AI utilization

This chart is for illustrative purpose only
FY2025
FY2030
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3.2 Customer-Centric Value Creation
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"FDE Team" on the Front Lines Solve Complex Challenges rapidly with AI
FDE Team
(Forward Deployed Engineer Team)
A specialist FDE team delivering AI-driven solutions on-site across the full lifecycle—from problem definition to deployment and continuous improvement
The role of FDE
Target in Japan 5,000 people
Identifying customer challenges and building hypotheses
Enable rapid prototyping to validate hypotheses
Owning the deployment and operation of mission-critical AI systems
Delivering highly reliable, high-quality AX*1
1 AX: AI Transformation 2 SE: System Engineer
Expanding the FDE Team, with mission-critical expertise
FDE Team
Leader
Specialist

- AI specialists / domain experts / data scientists / security engineers / project managers, etc.
- On-site with customers

SEs*2 in Japan (DSS sector)
Core workforce 35,000
Announced May 19, 26
Frontier AI Deployment Center
Support FDE Team
- Providing technology
- Use case repository
- On-the-job training programs, etc.
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3.3 A New Development Model for the AI Era
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Agentic Integration: AI-Agent-Driven Autonomous Development — A Game Changer for Productivity and Scalability

"Agentic Integration" enables autonomous development and operations by leveraging assets
Significant productivity improvements
Scalable business expansion
Minimize cost and time through AI agent-driven development and operations
Significantly expand ability to address challenges by comprehensive assets reuse
*1 HARC: Hitachi Application Reliability Centers
Deliver continuous, rapid, high-quality business transformation for customers
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Contents
- Progress on Inspire 2027
- Address Changes in the Business Environment Driven by AI
- Growth in the "Modernization and AI Services" Market
- Growth in the "Social Infrastructure x AI" Market
- Growth Investments, Partnerships, and Structural Reforms
- Conclusion
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4.1 Growth in the "Social Infrastructure x AI" Market
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HMAX™ by Hitachi Converts rapidly Expanding Physical AI Opportunities into Sustainable Revenue Streams
KPI
HMAX revenue growth rate: CAGR 50-60% (FY2025-2027)
Grid maintenance services market 15 trillion yen*1 (2035)
Applied to multiple customers
Power grid stabilization
Real time grid control
Digital twin (DSS)
HMAX Energy
HVDC installed base over 150 GW
Railway AI application market 3 trillion yen*1 (2030)
Applied to multiple customers
Railway operational efficiency maximization
Edge AI (DSS)
HMAX Mobility
Signaling installed base over 30,000 km
Frontline worker support market 10 trillion yen*1 (2030)
Proven technology
Sustained, autonomous productivity improvement
Replicating expert skills
Autonomous evolution AI (DSS)
HMAX Industry
Customer Zero 175 in-house manufacturing sites
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4.2 Deployment of Physical AI in Social Infrastructure
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Evolve HMAX, which Pursues Ultimate Reliability through Four Pillars, into the “OS*1” that Supports Social Infrastructure Operations

Deployment of Physical AI (HMAX)

*1 OS: Operating System
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4.3 Talent Driving the Deployment of Physical AI in Social Infrastructure
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"Physical AI FDE Team" Integrating IT and OT with AI
Advanced AI Deployment in Social Infrastructure with Enhanced Reliability and Safety
GlobalLogic + Hitachi Digital Services


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4.4 Data Foundation for the Deployment of Physical AI in Social Infrastructure
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Data Fabric Integrates IT/OT Data to Enable New Value Creation across Industries
Optimal production linked to green power supply and demand, etc.

Dynamic optimization of railway power
Localized energy production and consumption, etc.
Full synchronization of production and logistics maximizing just-in-time efficiency, etc.
DSS Sector
Data Fabric (Data Infrastructure)
- Integration and structuring of IT/OT data
- Enable cross-sector and cross-industry data utilization
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Contents
- Progress on Inspire 2027
- Address Changes in the Business Environment Driven by AI
- Growth in the "Modernization and AI Services" Market
- Growth in the "Social Infrastructure x AI" Market
- Growth Investments, Partnerships, and Structural Reforms
- Conclusion
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5.1 Growth Investments
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30 billion yen in Organic Investments (FY2026) and Financial Capacity for up to 1 trillion yen in Inorganic Investments (FY2026-FY2027)


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5.2 Strengthening Partnerships
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Collaborate with Partners to Advance AI Platforms and Infrastructure, Scaling Value Creation

Claude
Google Cloud
Microsoft

NVIDIA
OpenAI
Listed in alphabetical order.
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5.3 Execution of Structural Reform
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Accelerate Structural Reform Centered on IT Products Businesses
KPI>> Adj. EBITA Margin for IT Products Business +3.2pts (FY2025-2026)
Storage Business

Focus resources on market-leading block storage
- Build pipeline with new high-end products and strengthen sales via partnerships
- Ranked first in the enterprise external block storage systems market in Japan based on vendor revenue*1
ATM Business

Stable market supply and sustainable business growth
- Agreement on business integration with OKI (Scheduled to start in October 2026)
*1 Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker Q4 2025 (CY2025, Product Category: External RAID, Data Organization: Block)
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Contents
- Progress on Inspire 2027
- Address Changes in the Business Environment Driven by AI
- Growth in the "Modernization and AI Services" Market
- Growth in the "Social Infrastructure x AI" Market
- Growth Investments, Partnerships, and Structural Reforms Supporting
- Conclusion
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6.1 Target Financial Indicators
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Capture AI Growth Opportunities to Further Improve profitability
| FY2024*1 | FY2025*1 | FY2026*1 | FY2027*1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | YoY +9% | YoY +3% | YoY +4% | 7-9% |
| (7-9%)*2 | ||||
| FY2024-FY2027 CAGR | ||||
| Adj. EBITA Margin | 14.2% | 15.5% | 15.7% | 16-18% |
| (16% + )*2 | ||||
| ROIC | 10.3% | 11.5% | 10.5% | 11-13% |
| (11-13%)*2 | ||||
| Lumada Revenue Ratio | 46% | 62% | 70% | 75-80% |
| (ca.65%)*2 |
【Potential Risks】 • Slowdown in IT investment • Sharp rise in component prices
1 Based on the new reporting segment structure
2 ( ) : Previous target announced at Hitachi Investor Day 2025 (as of June 11, 2025)
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Cautionary Statement
Certain statements found in this document may constitute "forward-looking statements" as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such "forward-looking statements" reflect management's current views with respect to certain future events and financial performance and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Words such as "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "estimate," "forecast," "intend," "plan," "project" and similar expressions which indicate future events and trends may identify "forward-looking statements." Such statements are based on currently available information and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or implied in the "forward-looking statements" and from historical trends. Certain "forward-looking statements" are based upon current assumptions of future events which may not prove to be accurate. Undue reliance should not be placed on "forward-looking statements," as such statements speak only as of the date of this report.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or implied in any "forward-looking statement" and from historical trends include, but are not limited to:
- economic conditions, including consumer spending and plant and equipment investment in Hitachi's major markets, as well as levels of demand in the major industrial sectors Hitachi serves;
- exchange rate fluctuations of the yen against other currencies in which Hitachi makes significant sales or in which Hitachi's assets and liabilities are denominated;
- uncertainty as to Hitachi's ability to access, or access on favorable terms, liquidity or long-term financing;
- uncertainty as to general market price levels for equity securities, declines in which may require Hitachi to write down equity securities that it holds;
- fluctuations in the price of raw materials including, without limitation, petroleum and other materials, such as copper, steel, aluminum, synthetic resins, rare metals and rare-earth minerals, or shortages of materials, parts and components;
- credit conditions of Hitachi's customers and suppliers;
- general socioeconomic and political conditions and the regulatory and trade environment of countries where Hitachi conducts business, particularly Japan, Asia, the United States and Europe, including, without limitation, direct or indirect restrictions by other nations on imports and differences in commercial and business customs including, without limitation, contract terms and conditions and labor relations;
- uncertainty as to Hitachi's ability to response to tightening of regulations to prevent climate change
- uncertainty as to Hitachi's ability to maintain the integrity of its information systems, as well as Hitachi's ability to protect its confidential information or that of its customers;
- uncertainty as to Hitachi's ability to attract and retain skilled personnel;
- uncertainty as to Hitachi's ability to continue to develop and market products that incorporate new technologies on a timely and cost-effective basis and to achieve market acceptance for such products;
- exacerbation of social and economic impacts of the spread of COVID-19;
- the possibility of disruption of Hitachi's operations by natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis, the spread of infectious diseases, and geopolitical and social instability such as terrorism and conflict;
- estimates, fluctuations in cost and cancellation of long-term projects for which Hitachi uses the percentage-of-completion method to recognize revenue from sales;
- increased commoditization of and intensifying price competition for products;
- fluctuations in demand of products, etc. and industry capacity;
- uncertainty as to Hitachi's ability to implement measures to reduce the potential negative impact of fluctuations in demand of products, etc., exchange rates and/or price of raw materials or shortages of materials, parts and components;
- uncertainty as to the success of cost structure overhaul;
- uncertainty as to Hitachi's ability to achieve the anticipated benefits of its strategy to strengthen its Social Innovation Business;
- uncertainty as to the success of acquisitions of other companies, joint ventures and strategic alliances and the possibility of incurring related expenses;
- uncertainty as to the success of restructuring efforts to improve management efficiency by divesting or otherwise exiting underperforming businesses and to strengthen competitiveness;
- the potential for significant losses on Hitachi's investments in equity-method associates and joint ventures;
- uncertainty as to the outcome of litigation, regulatory investigations and other legal proceedings of which the Company, its subsidiaries or its equity-method associates and joint ventures have become or may become parties;
- the possibility of incurring expenses resulting from any defects in products or services of Hitachi;
- uncertainty as to Hitachi's access to, or ability to protect, certain intellectual property; and
- uncertainty as to the accuracy of key assumptions Hitachi uses to evaluate its employee benefit-related costs.
The factors listed above are not all-inclusive and are in addition to other factors contained elsewhere in this report and in other materials published by Hitachi.
- This document has been translated from the Japanese original for reference purposes only. In the event of any discrepancy between this translated document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail.
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