Hitachi Vantara Supports Aquiris in Modernising Critical Water Treatment Operations to Streamline and Improve Essential Services

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform One Block provides the speed, efficiency and resilience needed to support critical water treatment processes and drive sustainability efforts.

Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., announced that Aquiris, one of the leading wastewater management operators in Belgium, has upgraded its storage infrastructure with Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform One Block (VSP One Block). The modernisation effort improves the performance, scalability and resilience for Aquiris’ critical water treatment operations, helping it efficiently manage wastewater processes, reduce operational risk and decrease power usage while lowering its carbon footprint.

Aquiris operates the Brussels-North Wastewater Treatment Plant, the largest facility of its kind in Belgium, processing more than 110 million cubic metres of wastewater each year. The plant removes contaminants and purifies water before releasing it into the Senne river, ensuring the safe return of clean water to the ecosystem. The around-the-clock operation relies on a complex digital infrastructure, collecting more than one million data points daily to optimise and automate critical processes. To minimise the risk of disruption, Aquiris is implementing Hitachi Vantara’s VSP One Block storage platform, which includes a 100% data availability guarantee – ensuring uninterrupted access to essential systems, even during peak loads or unexpected events. The solution also supports Aquiris’ environmental goals through VSP One’s Sustainability Guarantee, which helps track and reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions through efficient power usage and reporting tools.

Hitachi Vantara is helping us fulfill our goal of creating a sustainable process for safeguarding supplies of clean water and supporting the growth and development of Brussels. The performance gains with VSP One Block will be significant. We are constantly collecting data, tracking KPIs and monitoring our purification processes. The improvement in storage capabilities will help us respond quickly to issues and optimise our plant operations.

Juan Ochoa, Managing Plant Director, Aquiris

To modernise its infrastructure, Aquiris partnered with Aretech, a trusted Hitachi Vantara channel partner based in Belgium that specialises in data storage, management and integration solutions. The upgrade replaces aging hybrid storage with all-flash VSP One Block arrays, delivering 30,000 IOPS – a critical measure of system speed and responsiveness – and a 4:1 data compression ratio. The system also supports more than 50 virtual machines, migrated seamlessly using VMware vSphere vMotion for uninterrupted performance.

Additionally, the compression and deduplication features of VSP One Block not only enable Aquiris to manage its data more efficiently but also reduce energy consumption and lower its carbon footprint. By handling large volumes of data while ensuring constant availability, the system supports Aquiris’ sustainability goals and helps maintain uninterrupted service for the region.

Providing reliable and sustainable infrastructure is essential for critical services like water treatment. With the VSP One Block, Aquiris has the reliability and resilience needed to keep operations running smoothly while supporting their environmental objectives.

Mikhael Wyns, Country Manager for Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, Hitachi Vantara

These upgrades reflect Hitachi Vantara’s ongoing commitment to innovation, including the recently introduced VSP 360 software platform for unified data management and a series of new VSP One guarantees covering performance, cyber resilience, and sustainability, designed to give customers greater control over critical data environments.

To learn more about Hitachi Vantara’s storage solutions, please visit: https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/products/storage-platforms.

About Hitachi Vantara
Hitachi Vantara is transforming the way data fuels innovation. A wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Vantara provides the data foundation the world’s leading innovators rely on. Through data storage, infrastructure systems, cloud management and digital expertise, the company helps customers build the foundation for sustainable business growth. 

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About Hitachi, Ltd.
Through its Social Innovation Business (SIB) that brings together IT, OT(Operational Technology) and products, Hitachi contributes to a harmonised society where the environment, wellbeing and economic growth are in balance. Hitachi operates globally in four sectors – Digital Systems & Services, Energy, Mobility and Connective Industries – and the Strategic SIB Business Unit for new growth businesses. With Lumada at its core, Hitachi generates value from integrating data, technology and domain knowledge to solve customer and social challenges. Revenues for FY2024 (ended 31 March 2025) totaled JPY9,783.3 billion, with 618 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 280,000 employees worldwide. 

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