{"id":47636,"date":"2025-09-06T11:55:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T04:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/hitachi-to-invest-1bn-in-us-plants-for-transformers-grid-equipment\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T11:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T04:55:13","slug":"hitachi-to-invest-1bn-in-us-plants-for-transformers-grid-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/vi\/hitachi-to-invest-1bn-in-us-plants-for-transformers-grid-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitachi to invest $1bn in US plants for transformers, grid equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-trackable=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/business\/companies\" data-trackable=\"primary-tag\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">Companies<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-trackable=\"subhead\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">Stepped up production plans aim to meet AI data center demand and avoid tariffs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fcms-image-bucket-productionv3-ap-northeast-1-a7d2.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com%2Fimages%2F3%2F4%2F6%2F3%2F11443643-2-eng-GB%2F34cb4bbeec5c-photo_SXM2025090500004453.jpg?width=780&#038;fit=cover&#038;gravity=faces&#038;dpr=2&#038;quality=medium&#038;source=nar-cms&#038;format=auto\" alt=\"20250905N Hitachi\" width=\"780\" height=\"auto\" loading=\"eager\"><\/p>\n<p data-trackable=\"caption\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">Hitachi Energy&#8217;s new transformer plant will be built adjacent to its existing facility in the Virginia town of South Boston. 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