Hitachi Rail accelerates digital transformation with Google Cloud

Hitachi Rail is leveraging Google Cloud’s cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to accelerate digital transformation, driving innovation, enhancing operational productivity, and advancing the rail sector’s transition toward autonomous, sustainable mobility.

The collaboration aligns with Hitachi Rail’s vision, which sees the convergence of digital and energy transitions as a pivotal opportunity to drive a modal shift toward rail and strengthen global leadership.

This technical partnership expands on the strategic alliance between Hitachi and Google Cloud, announced in October 2025, aimed at accelerating enterprise innovation through generative AI and agentic AI.

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Hitachi Rail accelerates digital transformation for sustainability

The collaboration is focused on deploying Google’s leading c loud, cybersecurity and generative AI capabilities, such as Google Cloud ’s Vertex AI platform, to address Hitachi’s ambition to lead the digital transformation of critical industries such as rail through physical AI. 

“Sustainability is the destination – digital is how we’ll get there,” said Giuseppe Marino, CEO of Hitachi Rail Group. “Our collaboration with Google Cloud will enable us to harness their leadership in digital and AI technologies to meet our strong ambitions regarding digital transformation in rail and develop for our customers optimized and energy-efficient solutions. In this way we will continue to develop rail as the core of future mobility schemes.”

Hitachi Rail is a pioneer in operational technology, and the partnership combines that deep domain expertise with the power of Google Cloud’s generative AI and agentic technology, added Andrea Williamson, director, retail, consumer, and travel at Google Cloud UKI. “This collaboration will unlock new levels of efficiency for their teams today. Working as One Hitachi with GlobalLogic and the Strategic SIB Business Unit, we are committed to achieving a truly autonomous rail network tomorrow.”

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What is business sustainability?

Business sustainability defines organizational strategies and actions that reduce adverse environmental and social impacts resulting from operations. An organization’s sustainability practices are typically analyzed against environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals and metrics.

Sustainability is an increasingly vital component of business success and operational excellence (OPEX), impacting diverse factors including cost, efficiency, customer satisfaction, and legal/regulatory compliance.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) predicts circular supply chains to generate US$4.5 trillion in economic value by 2030, with 73 percent of global consumers willing to change consumption habits to lessen their environmental impact. Furthermore, industry leaders recently identified climate change as one of the biggest risks to business growth.

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