New connector enables seamless, cost-efficient and scalable data movement from the industrial edge directly into the Databricks platform

SANTA CLARA, CA / ACCESS Newswire / April 22, 2026 / Litmus, a leader in industrial edge data operations and edge-to-cloud analytics, today announced the launch of Litmus Edge Bridge for Databricks Lakehouse, a new connector designed to simplify and accelerate the flow of industrial data into the Databricks Data platform.

As demand for real-time insights and AI-driven decision-making grows, manufacturers are under pressure to move data efficiently from operational technology (OT) environments to cloud-based analytics platforms. Litmus Edge Bridge for Databricks Lakehouse addresses this challenge by enabling a direct, serverless pipeline from the edge to the Lakehouse - eliminating the need for complex middleware or custom infrastructure.

"Most industrial data pipelines weren't built for AI - they were built to move data, not make it usable," said Vatsal Shah, co-founder and CEO at Litmus. "As a result, teams struggle to turn data into decisions at scale. With Litmus Edge for Databricks Lakehouse, we're removing the complexity of industrial data pipelines and enabling a direct path from the edge to AI-ready data in the Lakehouse."

Traditional approaches to ingesting industrial data rely on multiple systems, redundant storage layers, and ongoing infrastructure management.

Litmus Edge Bridge removes these barriers by providing a streamlined path to Databricks, allowing organizations to:

• Eliminate unnecessary data movement and duplication

• Reduce infrastructure and operational overhead

• Accelerate time to value for analytics and AI initiatives

By integrating natively with Databricks, the connector ensures that high-quality, contextualized industrial data is delivered to the Lakehouse, ready for advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI use cases.

The Bridge significantly reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO) of industrial data pipelines by eliminating common cost drivers:

• No infrastructure overhead: Serverless architecture removes the need for brokers, storage or networking resources

• Reduced data transfer costs: Direct ingestion avoids costly multi-hop pipelines

• Minimal engineering effort: No cluster tuning, scaling or maintenance required

• No duplicate storage costs: Data is written directly to the Lakehouse without intermediate layers

• Elastic scalability: Automatically scales with no additional cost for the Bridge - customers only pay for Databricks consumption

These capabilities allow organizations to shift resources away from infrastructure management and toward higher-value data and AI initiatives.

As manufacturers increasingly invest in Industrial AI, having a scalable and trusted data foundation is critical.

Litmus Edge Bridge for Databricks enables organizations to:

• Ingest real-time and historical data from industrial assets

• Standardize and contextualize data at the edge

• Deliver high-fidelity, analytics- and AI-ready data directly into Databricks

• Scale data pipelines across sites and global operations

This approach accelerates time from data collection to actionable insight, supporting use cases such as predictive maintenance, process optimization, and energy management.

Litmus Edge Bridge for Databricks Lakehouse is available immediately as part of the Litmus platform. For more information, visit litmus.io.

About Litmus

Litmus is the leading Industrial Edge Data Platform that helps manufacturers connect, contextualize, and govern OT data to make it AI-ready. Recognized by Gartner as a Challenger in the Magic Quadrant for Global Industrial IoT Platforms, Litmus enables real-time data pipelines from edge to cloud with 250+ out-of-the-box connectors, accelerating digital transformation and enabling industrial AI at scale.

Litmus partners with leading technology providers including Microsoft, Google Cloud, AWS, Databricks, Oracle Cloud, and Dell Technologies to deliver enterprise-grade solutions that unlock the full value of industrial data.

For more information, visit https://litmus.io.

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SOURCE: Litmus