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“over 850 active power users successfully utilizing Databricks”

As published on databricks.com. Captured by usedby on Oct 2, 2026.

What happened

KPMG moved from a legacy Hadoop infrastructure to Azure Databricks as the core of its cloud data platform. It uses it for data transformation, analytics, BI dashboards, governed data federation and machine learning, including risk prediction models for engagements.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Databricks and KPMG, not ours.

  • 500TB“The amount of data managed under Databricks Unity Catalog currently exceeds 500TB and counting.”

At present, KPMG boasts a strong base of over 850 active power users successfully utilizing Databricks, supporting use cases within the Chief Digital Office and across the organization in areas like finance, risk prediction and human resources.

From the page. databricks.com, captured Oct 2, 2026

Azure Databricks has enabled KPMG to modernize the data estate with a platform that powers data transformation, analytics and AI workloads, meeting our emerging AI requirements across the firm while also reducing complexity and costs.

Jodi Morton, Chief Data Officer, KPMG. Source, captured Oct 2, 2026

What the story claims, and what we checked

We compared the story with its live page on Oct 3, 2026.

  • The figure: 850CheckedPrinted word for word on the page, near the name of KPMG.
  • The passage quoted aboveCheckedCopied word for word from the page, near the name of KPMG.
  • KPMG uses DatabricksCheckedConfirmed line. Latest check across sources: Oct 2, 2026.
  • The result itselfNot checkedWe quote it; we did not measure it.

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