Hitachi Energy, in collaboration with Microsoft, is accelerating the digital transformation of essential infrastructure —from electricity networks and transportation corridors to heavy industrial operations—by reinventing how critical assets are managed and maintained.
Power grids, rail networks, manufacturing facilities, and other critical assets are often decades old and are under pressure from rising demand, extreme weather, and aging components. Failures within these systems can lead to severe cascading impacts, including widespread blackouts, safety incidents, environmental damage, and significant economic losses.
By combining Hitachi Energy’s extensive expertise in managing critical infrastructure with Microsoft’s advanced artificial intelligence and data capabilities, operators can transition from reactive problem-solving to proactive, comprehensive, data-driven asset lifecycle management—addressing issues before they occur.
Unified solution
Hitachi Energy is reinventing Hitachi Energy’s Ellipse Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) with Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Microsoft Foundry – into a unified solution to manage data, analytics, and business operations.
“Microsoft technology accelerates and enhances value to our Ellipse customers, while also bringing to market a solution that is unmatched in terms of IT and OT capabilities, offering essential service providers the ability to operate more intelligently and sustainably,” observed Massimo Danieli, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Business Unit Grid Automation, Hitachi Energy.
“Critical Infrastructure operators need insight they can act on. Together with Hitachi Energy, we’re combining AI, cloud, and enterprise systems to help organizations move from reactive maintenance to predictive operations, improving reliability, safety, and long-term value for the infrastructure society depends on,” commented Dayan Rodriguez, Corporate Vice President, Manufacturing and Mobility, Microsoft.
