Home icon

Part 2: How BBVA processes a global data lake using AWS Glue and Amazon EMR

Industries Blog

This article details how BBVA, a global financial services group, transformed its data infrastructure using AWS services, creating a global data platform called ADA (Analytics, Data, AI).

  • Migrated data processing to AWS Glue and Amazon EMR to solve resource and management challenges
  • Implemented AWS Glue Data Catalog and AWS Lake Formation for centralized metadata management
  • Created a multi-zone data storage strategy with different security levels
  • Developed custom APIs for catalog management and data governance
  • Utilized S3 Intelligent-Tiering for cost-effective storage optimization

Key benefits include improved scalability, enhanced data governance, and a future-ready architecture that enables more innovative data-driven solutions across BBVA's global operations.

Go to article

The AWS News Feed is currently looking for gold sponsors. If you want to support the AWS community and reach a large audience of AWS professionals, consider sponsoring the AWS News Feed.

Related articles

Oct 6
2025
Part 3: How BBVA built a global analytics and machine learning platform on AWS
Oct 6
2025
Part 4: Building a Multi-Layer Security Strategy for BBVA’s Global Data Platform on AWS
Oct 6
2025
Part 1: BBVA: Building a multi-region, multi-country global Data and ML Platform at scale
Jul 8
2026
Inside BBVA’s MLOps transformation: from data platform to scalable ML on AWS

The AWS News Feed is currently looking for silver sponsors. If you want to support the AWS community and reach a large audience of AWS professionals, consider sponsoring the AWS News Feed.