TOKYO --Hitachi surpassed Sony Group in market capitalization for the first time in nearly nine years on Thursday as investors embraced its transformation into an artificial intelligence stock after more than a decade of restructuring.
Company's grid business cashes in on power demand from data centers

AI-related power demand has fueled Hitachi's grid business. (Hitachi)
TOKYO --Hitachi surpassed Sony Group in market capitalization for the first time in nearly nine years on Thursday as investors embraced its transformation into an artificial intelligence stock after more than a decade of restructuring.