Case Study: Aiven achieves seamless global scalability with Google Cloud

Building an open source database-as-a-service cloud where developers can thrive

Aiven, a developer-first cloud data platform based in Finland, needed a scalable and reliable way to run its open source database and streaming services for customers worldwide. Using Looker-related analytics alongside its cloud infrastructure, Aiven focused on helping developers manage data-intensive applications while handling rapid growth and complex multi-cloud operations.

Looker helped Aiven’s team and customers better understand their data, while Aiven’s platform on Google Cloud delivered the scale behind the business: support for more than 1,000 customers across 100+ regions, processing 40 million unique metric data points twice a minute, and hosting 100,000 VMs. The result was seamless scaling with no bottlenecks, 99.99% service availability, and stronger visibility for analytics and innovation.

Aiven

Heikki Nousiainen

Co-Founder and CTO