Case Study: Fortescue achieves a more stable, secure, and cost-efficient Operational Data Lake with Mechanical Rock

Fortescue cuts data ingestion costs by 94% with Mechanical Rock

Fortescue, a top-tier resources company, faced significant challenges with the stability, documentation, and user trust of its Operational Data Lake ingestion pipeline. They partnered with vendor Mechanical Rock to continuously improve the platform's performance, reliability, and security.

Mechanical Rock implemented a phased solution that included codebase simplification, platform stabilization, and a migration to new AWS accounts with modern CI/CD and IaC practices. This resulted in a 94% cost saving from re-architecting the data pipeline, along with major improvements in stability, security, and maintainability. The engagement transformed the data lake into a robust and self-sufficient platform supported by modern engineering practices.

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