{"slug":"lseg-unifies-30-data-systems-reducing-product-development-time-with-fabric","url":"https://findausecase.com/use-cases/lseg-unifies-30-data-systems-reducing-product-development-time-with-fabric","title":"LSEG unifies 30 data systems, reducing product development time with Fabric","description":"LSEG, a trusted data partner to 44,000 customers in more than 170 countries, partnered with Microsoft to build a unified data platform on Microsoft Fabric, consolidating 30 systems, 1,200 datasets and 33 petabytes of data. Using Apache Spark on Fabric, Apache Airflow in Fabric, Microsoft Purview and OneLake, LSEG reduced product development timelines for new data products from years to months; onboarding data and creating a new product now happens in months, accelerating launches such as its ESG and Fundamentals data products. LSEG processes around 80,000 files daily on Spark on Fabric, consuming approximately 280,000 capacity units per day, with month-on-month consumption growing more than 50%. The company is also building AI-readiness by hosting Model Context Protocol (MCP)-powered data in OneLake and enabling financial professionals to build custom AI agents via Copilot Studio.","company":"LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)","industry":"Financial Services","country":"United Kingdom","aiCapabilities":["Agentic AI"],"technology":["Microsoft Fabric","Apache Spark","Apache Airflow","Microsoft Purview","OneLake","Model Context Protocol (MCP)","Copilot Studio"],"deployment":"Public Cloud","problemStatement":"LSEG was dealing with petabytes of data across 30 systems and 1,200 datasets, spanning a variety of longstanding systems each with its own tech stack, distribution method, and data model, and wanted a more unified customer experience across its product offerings, since product instability would be an economy-wide issue given global reliance on LSEG's financial data.","solutionApproach":"LSEG partnered with Microsoft to co-engineer a unified data platform built on Microsoft Fabric, using Apache Spark on Fabric, Apache Airflow in Fabric, and Microsoft Purview to build scalable pipelines with embedded data quality checks, and OneLake for interoperability. The company is also building AI-readiness by hosting Model Context Protocol (MCP)-powered data in OneLake, enabling financial professionals to build custom AI agents via Copilot Studio.","businessValue":"LSEG consolidated 30 systems, 1,200 datasets and 33 petabytes of data, reducing product development timelines for new data products from years to months, and accelerating launches such as its ESG and Fundamentals data products. LSEG processes around 80,000 files daily on Spark on Fabric, consuming approximately 280,000 capacity units per day, with month-on-month consumption growing more than 50%.","evidence":{"band":"high"},"sourceUrl":"https://www.microsoft.com/en/customers/story/25709-lseg-microsoft-fabric","dates":{"publishedAt":"2026-08-16T03:53:36.461Z","publishedAtSource":"ledger","updatedAt":"2026-08-26T08:24:08.797Z"},"license":"Open for reading and citing with a link to https://findausecase.com/use-cases/lseg-unifies-30-data-systems-reducing-product-development-time-with-fabric. Bulk republication requires permission."}