TDWI Top Trends | Data Mesh and Cross-Cloud Collaboration: From Architecture Concept to Operating Model
May 18, 2026
The scale and complexity of modern enterprise data have outgrown centralized data warehouses and lakes. This is the reality data mesh was conceived to address.
By shifting data ownership from a central platform team to the business domains that produce and understand it, data mesh promises to untangle the bottlenecks that slow analytics and erode trust.
Data products, which are curated, governed, and discoverable data assets managed like products rather than raw material, have emerged as the operational component of this model.
This report examines seven key trends at the intersection of multi-cloud architecture, data mesh principles, and AI demand.