By Laila Kearney

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Hitachi plans to invest $1 billion to expand its U.S. power grid infrastructure manufacturing, its energy unit said on Thursday, as the country faces record electricity demand from Big Tech’s build-out of AI data centers.

Hitachi’s announcement follows a push by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to dramatically increase electricity supply for the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence, which is being developed in energy-intensive data centers around the globe.

“If we are going to win the AI race, reindustrialize, and keep the lights on, America is going to need a lot more reliable energy,” U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said in a statement. “Thankfully, Hitachi is delivering.”

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