SINGAPORE, June 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — At Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) 2026, BlueNexus Technologies unveiled the global debut of AquaX Hub™ — a compact plug-and-play edge device that brings full AI-powered autonomous operation to standalone water equipment and legacy treatment plants. The launch drew sustained engagement from utilities, industrial operators and engineering firms.
BlueNexus Technologies CEO Jack Zhang is introducing the AquaX Hub™ to Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong. Left: BLUENEXUS TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. CEO Jack Zhang. Right: Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong
The water sector confronts converging pressures: aging infrastructure, a critical shortage of skilled technicians, and relentless operational cost escalation. AquaX Hub™ answers these directly — extending the AI autonomous operation already proven plant-wide by AquaX Robot™ to a single asset, and delivering comparable monitoring and operational management without a control-system overhaul.
"The industry cannot hire its way out of this problem," said Jack Zhang, CEO of BlueNexus Technologies. "AI autonomous operation is no longer a future concept — the barrier to entry is gone."
The AquaX Ecosystem
BlueNexus has built the industry's first fully integrated AI autonomous water operation platform, spanning three complementary pillars:
AquaX Robot™ is the flagship plant-wide AI agent, built on large language models with proprietary vision, acoustic and infrared multimodal sensing. It optimizes treatment processes 24/7 and predicts equipment failures. Live deployments show up to 90% reduction in on-site staffing, a 50% drop in equipment breakdowns, and approximately 35% lower O&M costs.
AquaX Hub™, making its global debut at SIWW 2026, is a lightweight edge terminal extending that capability to any water system. With an independent local processing module, it monitors and inspects equipment through multimodal sensing and runs a self-contained processing loop. The device integrates seamlessly with existing SCADA, cloud and enterprise platforms via standardized APIs.
i-WaterHub™, the company's standardized modular treatment plant, operated autonomously by AquaX Robot, delivers 2,500 to 40,000 m³/day for municipal and industrial applications.
Market Momentum
SIWW 2026 convened nearly 500 exhibitors from over 65 countries. BlueNexus has identified priority markets for AquaX Hub™ in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa. "The conversations this week have already translated into concrete business opportunities and we expect rapid deployment in the coming months." Zhang confirmed.
About BlueNexus Technologies
BlueNexus Technologies is a Singapore-based water-technology company building intelligent, AI-operated systems for the world's most water-intensive industries. We design and deliver modular water treatment infrastructure that is smarter to run, faster to deploy, and built to operate autonomously.
Web: www.bluenexus.tech
