Hitachi Data Systems broke ground for a new 35,000 square meter facility in Zaltbommel on Monday 19 December. The building is scheduled for completion in April 2013 and is meant to be a model for sustainability. Climate control in the building will be controlled with an underground heat/cold storage and the roof will provide parking spaces for 200 cars. Operations in Zaltbommel will include assembly and value added logistics.

The ground breaking was performed by Frans van Rijn (VP at Hitachi Data Systems), Han Looijen (Alderman city of Zaltbommel), Walter Issing (director Kadans property development) and Jeroen de Bonth (director Hercuton construction).

About Hitachi Data Systems

Hitachi Data Systems provides best-in-class information technologies, services and solutions that deliver compelling customer ROI, unmatched return on assets (ROA) and demonstrable business impact. With a vision that IT must be virtualized, automated, cloud-ready and sustainable, Hitachi Data Systems offers solutions that improve IT costs and agility. With more than 5,300 employees worldwide, Hitachi Data Systems does business in more than 100 countries and regions. Hitachi Data Systems products, services and solutions are trusted by the world’s leading enterprises, including more than 70 percent of the Fortune 100 and more than 80 percent of the Fortune Global 100. Hitachi Data Systems believes that data drives our world – and information is the new currency.

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 360,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2010 (ended March 31, 2011) consolidated revenues totaled 9,315 billion yen ($112.2 billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication systems, power systems, environmental, industrial and transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key devices that support them.

Source: Hitachi Data Systems