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Databricks · Jun 23, 2026 · Engineering Insights

PepsiCo consolidated 60+ data lakes into one Databricks lakehouse, with 90% of its data now on the platform powering AI.

“for us, what we truly believe is an AI transformation is a data transformation”

PepsiCo's chief data and AI officer described a six-year transformation moving from 60+ data lakes and a monolithic architecture to a single pluggable Databricks lakehouse, with 90% of company data now consolidated. It matters as a marquee enterprise example of the 'AI transformation is data transformation' thesis, though the talk is light on concrete outcomes and reads partly as a vendor showcase.

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